Gavaskar To Receive Bcci's Lifetime Achievement Award

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[size=4][font="Arial"]ormer India captain Sunil Gavaskar will be conferred the Col C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award at the annual BCCI awards function.[/font][img]http://ads.rediff.com/5/ussports.rediff.com/sports-article.htm/L-38/792755363/x16/OasDefault/USA_ValueClick_IPAD_Sep_180/USA_ValueClick_IPAD_Sep_180_01.html/6e2f6344306b2b7a32504d41444d6978?_RM_EMPTY_&null&REFERER=http://www.rediff.com/&RLOC=__nPlXoaH1OGo__VayUKexW7dY__DMVBffqeJpo__usa__&PURL=http%3A//www.rediff.com/cricket/report/gavaskar-to-receive-bccis-lifetime-achievement-award/20121025.htm&OAS_cat=NS[/img][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
[size=4][font="Arial"]The BCCI's Col C K Nayudu Award Committee met in Mumbai on Thursday and decided to confer the honour on the legendary opener, a release from BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
[size=4][font="Arial"]The award comprises a trophy, citation and a cheque for Rs 25 lakh. Gavaskar will receive the honour at the BCCI Awards Ceremony, to be held shortly.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
[size=4][font="Arial"]Gavaskar represented India in 125 Tests from 1970-71 to 1986-87, scoring a record 774 runs in his debut series in the West Indies[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
[size=4][font="Arial"][img]http://im.rediff.com/cricket/2012/oct/25gavaskar.jpg[/img]He was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in Tests, and the first to play 100 consecutive Tests. He was the first batsman to score hundreds in each innings of a Test thrice and was the first batsman to surpass Sir Don Bradman's tally of 29 Test centuries.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
[size=4][font="Arial"]He led India in 47 Tests and his greatest triumph as captain was India's victory in the World Championship of Cricket, a limited-overs tournament featuring all the then Test-playing nations, in 1984-85.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
[size=4][font="Arial"]Post retirement, he became a cricket expert. He was also the chairman of the BCCI's Technical Committee, and the chairman of the ICC'sCricket Committee.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
[size=4][font="Arial"]Meanwhile, the committee has also decided to honour seven individuals posthumously with Special Award for their outstanding contribution to Indian cricket.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
[size=4][font="Arial"]These include -- Vijay Merchant, Vinoo Mankad , Dattu Phadkar, Vijay Manjrekar, Ghulam Ahmed, M L Jaisimha and Dilip Sardesai -- will receive a trophy and cheque of Rs 15 lakh at the award ceremony.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]
[size=4][font="Arial"]It has been learnt that the ceremony will take place in Mumbai on November 21, two days before the commencement of the second India-England Test at the Wankhede Stadium.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color]

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