Published: Dec 26, 2013, 09:46 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 26, 2013, 09:48 PM (IST)
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will receive the Polly Umrigar Award from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for being India‘s best international cricketer of the year 2012-13.
Despite being dropped for the Second Test against South Africa in Durban, Ravichandran Ashwin won the prestigious Polly Umrigar award.
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.,according to PTI
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).
