Double Delight! Gill & Mandhana Sweep Top Honours at BCCI Naman Awards 2026
Patiala, 15 March (Sports Desk)
The BCCI Naman Awards 2026 celebrated outstanding achievements in Indian cricket, honoring top performers from the 2024-25 season as well as lifetime contributions and recent ICC trophy successes. The ceremony is scheduled for Sunday in New Delhi.
Shubman Gill and Smriti Mandhana were named the Best International Cricketers for men and women, respectively.
Gill received the Polly Umrigar Award (Best International Cricketer – Men) for the second time. As India’s Test and ODI captain, he amassed 983 runs in nine Tests—including 754 runs across five matches at an average of 75.40 with four centuries against England—and 490 runs in 11 ODIs.
Mandhana earned the Best International Cricketer (Women) award for the second consecutive year and the fifth time overall. She was a standout in India’s Women’s ODI World Cup victory the previous year, topping the run charts with 434 runs and setting a record for the most ODI centuries in a calendar year (five in 2025).
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Rahul Dravid and Roger Binny were honored with the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, while Mithali Raj received the BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award for Women.
- Binny, a member of India’s 1983 World Cup-winning team, was the tournament’s leading wicket-taker. He later coached the U19 team to the 2000 World Cup title, served as a national selector, and was BCCI president from 2022 to 2025.
- Dravid scored over 24,000 international runs during his playing career. Post-retirement, he led the National Cricket Academy, guided India’s U19s to the 2018 World Cup, and coached the senior men’s team to the T20 World Cup title in 2024.
- Raj, with a career spanning over two decades, holds the record for most runs in women’s ODIs (7,805 at an average of 50.68). She captained India to two Women’s World Cup finals and helped transform perceptions of women’s cricket in the country.
A major highlight was the felicitation of five ICC trophy-winning Indian teams in a historic recognition:
- Men’s team: ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and T20 World Cup 2026 winners.
- Women’s team: Maiden ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 winners.
- Men’s U19 team: ICC U19 World Cup 2026 winners.
- Women’s U19 team: ICC U19 World Cup 2025 winners.
The men’s T20 World Cup 2026 triumph marked India’s successful title defense, the first time any team achieved back-to-back wins, and the first home-soil victory in the tournament’s history.
Full list of BCCI Naman Awards 2026 winners (for the 2024-25 season and other categories):
- Polly Umrigar Award: Best International Cricketer 2024-25 – Men — Shubman Gill
- Best International Cricketer 2024-25 – Women — Smriti Mandhana
- Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award — Roger Binny
- Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award — Rahul Dravid
- BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award for Women — Mithali Raj
- Best International Debut 2024-25 – Women — N Sree Charani
- Best International Debut 2024-25 – Men — Harshit Rana
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Best Woman Cricketer (Jr Domestic) of 2024-25 — Ira Jadhav (Mumbai)
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Best Woman Cricketer (Sr Domestic One Day) of 2024-25 — Shafali Verma (Haryana)
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker in U16 Vijay Merchant Trophy 2024-25 – Elite Group — Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan (Madhya Pradesh)
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker in U16 Vijay Merchant Trophy 2024-25 – Plate Group — Kishan Sarkar (Tripura)
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Highest Run Getter in U16 Vijay Merchant Trophy 2024-25 – Elite Group — Shanthanu Singh (Uttar Pradesh)
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Highest Run Getter in U16 Vijay Merchant Trophy 2024-25 – Plate Group — Pritam Raj (Bihar)
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker in U19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2024-25 – Elite Group — Hemchudeshan J (Tamil Nadu)
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker in U19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2024-25 – Plate Group — Arkajit Roy (Tripura)
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Run Getter in U19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2024-25 – Elite Group — Nitya J Pandya (Baroda)
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Run Getter in U19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2024-25 – Plate Group — Ragavan Ramamoorthy (Pondicherry)
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker in U23 Col. C K Nayudu Trophy 2024-25 – Elite Group — Vicky Ostwal (Maharashtra)
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker in U23 Col. C K Nayudu Trophy 2024-25 – Plate Group — Dipjyoti Saikia (Assam)
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Run Getter in U23 Col. C K Nayudu Trophy 2024-25 – Elite Group — Macneil H N (Karnataka)
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Run Getter in U23 Col. C K Nayudu Trophy 2024-25 – Plate Group — R Jashwanth Shreeram (Pondicherry)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award: Highest Wicket-Taker in Ranji Trophy 2024-25 – Elite Group — Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award: Highest Wicket-Taker in Ranji Trophy 2024-25 – Plate Group — Suchith J (Nagaland)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award: Highest Run Getter in Ranji Trophy 2024-25 – Elite Group — Y V Rathod (Vidarbha)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award: Highest Run Getter in Ranji Trophy 2024-25 – Plate Group — Snehal Kauthankar (Goa)
- Lala Amarnath Award: Best All-Rounder in Domestic Limited-Overs Competitions 2024-25 — Ayush Mhatre (Mumbai)
- Lala Amarnath Award: Best All-Rounder in the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 — Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha)
- Best Performance in BCCI Domestic Tournaments 2024-25 — Mumbai Cricket Association
- Best Umpire in Domestic Cricket 2023-24 — Ulhas Gandhe (Vidarbha Cricket Association)
- Highest Wickets in One Day Internationals 2024-25 – Women — Deepti Sharma
- Highest Run Getter in One Day Internationals 2024-25 – Women — Smriti Mandhana
The awards, established in 2006-07, recognize excellence across international, domestic, and junior levels while paying tribute to cricket’s legends and triumphant teams.
