India's bowling all-rounder, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who enjoyed a terrific 2013-14 season, has been rewarded with the Polly Umriger award for being the country's best international cricketer, the BCCI has tweeted.
The award comprises of 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) , Virat Kohli (2011-12) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2012-13).
The BCCI has also conferred former middle-order batsman, Dilip Vengsarkar, with the Colonel CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. He was nominated for the award by a committee comprising of Mr. Shekhar Gupta, Senior Media personality, Mr. Shivlal Yadav, Interim President, BCCI and Mr. Sanjay Patel, Hony. Secretary, BCCI, according to a BCCI media release.
Vengsarkar is the only non-English batsman to score three Test hundreds at Lords. The third of those hundreds an unbeaten 126 in 1986 set up Indias first Test win at the venue. He also became only the second Indian player to feature in 100 Tests. The middle-order batsman was a part of the team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the World Series Cup held in Australia in 1985, and also led India in 10 Tests as captain.
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