Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Former India head coach Rahul Dravid is all set to receive the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, while Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill could be named as Men’s Cricketer of the Year when the BCCI Awards takes place in the national capital on March 15. The board’s annual awards ceremony named ‘NAMAN’ will see the recent Men’s T20 World Cup winning team, 2025 Men’s Champions Trophy winning side, the victorious 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup side, along with U19 World Cup winners in both genders being honoured by the BCCI.
Dravid, who guided India to the 2024 T20 World Cup title, is set to be honoured for his contribution to Indian cricket. Gill, meanwhile, was not a part of the recent T20 World Cup winning side, but is still in line to bag the ‘Polly Umrigar Award’ for ‘Best International Cricketer- Men’.
Gill, 26, scored 983 runs in Tests in 2025, including 754 in the 2-2 drawn away series against England at an average of more than 70. His ODI tally stood at 490 runs, with 188 of them coming during India’s Champions Trophy winning campaign.
It is also learnt that some members of the India women’s team who are to be honoured by the BCCI for winning World Cups at senior and U19 levels may not come for the awards ceremony due to the Senior Women’s Inter Zonal One-Day Trophy Final in Bengaluru and Women’s Under 23 One Day Trophy Elite Pre quarter-finals in Ranchi happening on the same day.
