The CEAT Cricket Rating Awards was held in Mumbai on Wednesday (Aug 21). The award function saw many star Indian cricketers win big with Rohit Sharma bagging theMen's International Cricketer of theYear whereas Virat Kohli won theODI Batter of the Year award. Moreover, Rahul Dravid -- who ended his Team India coaching run post Rohit & Co.'s T20 World Cup win in June -- was awarded with theLifetime Achievement Award, in Mumbai.
Among others, the likes of Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, R Ashwin, women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma also returned with an award each. Here is the full list of awardees -
Men's International Cricketer of the Year:Rohit Sharma
Test Batter of the Year:Yashasvi Jaiswal
Test Bowler of the Year:R Ashwin
ODI Batter of the Year:Virat Kohli
ODI Bowler of the Year:Mohammed Shami
T20I Batter of the Year:Phil Salt
T20I Bowler of the Year:Tim Southee
T20 Leadership award:Shreyas Iyer (KKR)
Lifetime Achievement:Rahul Dravid
Award for excellent in sports administration:Jay Shah
Most matches as captain in women's T20I history:Harmanpreet Kaur
Women's Indian bowler of the year:Deepti Sharma
Fastest double-century in women's Test:Shafali Verma
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BCCI Secretary Jay Shah won an award for excellence in sports administration. After his win, Shah said, "As I told you in Rajkot, that we are going to host our flag in Barbados, and our captain did that. If we have the blessing of 1.4 billion people, then we can do the same in the Champions Trophy, World Test Championship final and the Women's T20 World Cup." Reportedly, Shah is touted to take over as the ICC Chairman.
The Domestic Cricketer of the Year award was given to Tamil Nadu's Sai Kishore. The Gujarat Titans (GT) spinner led his team to the Ranji Trophy final last season. Moreover, New Zealand's Tim Southee was named as Men's T20I Bowler of the Year and England's Phil Salt returned with the Best T20I Batter of the Year award.