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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Ravichandran Ashwin to get Polly Umrigar Award


Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will receive the Polly Umrigar Award from the BCCI for being India’s best international cricketer of the year 2012-13.

India’s best performers in the senior and the junior level cricket in a period of 12 months from 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013, will be honoured at the BCCI’s annual Awards ceremony, to be held in Mumbai on January 11,2014

Ashwin took 43 wickets, including four five-wicket hauls and one 10-wicket haul in a match. He also scored 263 runs, including two fifties, from eight Tests. In ODIs, he took 24 wickets from 18 matches and three wickets from four T20 Internationals.

The Polly Umrigar Award comprises a trophy and a cheque for Rs. 5 lakhs. 

The award has been won in previous years by -

  • Sachin Tendulkar (2006-07 and 2009-10)
  • Virender Sehwag (2007-08)
  • Gautam Gambhir (2008-09)
  •  Rahul Dravid (2010-11) and
  •  Virat Kohli (2011-12).

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