The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will honor national cricketers during the Naman Awards 2026 ceremony on Sunday. Athletes like Shubman Gill and Smriti Mandhana will be recognized for their recent performances, and the board will also present lifetime achievement honors to three legends.
The Board’s highest award for long-term service to the sport is the Colonel CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. The management selected Roger Binny, Rahul Dravid and Mithali Raj as the latest recipients for their contributions to Indian cricket in playing, coaching and administrative roles.
Roger Binny, Rahul Dravid and Mithali Raj to receive BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award
Former BCCI President Roger Binny played a key role in India’s 1983 World Cup victory. He finished as the highest wicket-taker during that campaign. Binny appeared in 27 Test and 72 ODI matches. He later coached the India Under-19 team to the World Cup title and also served as a selector.
Rahul Dravid scored over 24,000 runs and took over 400 catches in 509 international matches. He captained the national team to victory in the Test series in England. After retirement, he led the men’s team to the T20 World Cup title in 2024.
Mithali Raj changed the women’s game during her playing career. He represented the country in 333 matches across all formats. She holds the record of being the first female cricketer to score more than 10,000 international runs. Under his leadership, the Indian women’s team reached two World Cup finals.
Shubhman Gill and Smriti Mandhana Headline BCCI Naman Awards 2026 Winners
India’s Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill will receive the Polly Umrigar Award for Best International Cricketer in the men’s category. This is the second time he has received this recognition for his international performance.
Smriti Mandhana will receive the Best International Cricketer award in the women’s category for the 2024-25 season. This is the fifth time he has earned this award during his career.
Mumbai player Ayush Mhatre will receive the Lala Amarnath Award. He earned this honor for being the best all-rounder in domestic limited overs competitions during the 2024–25 season.
Vidarbha player Harsh Dubey will take the same award for the longer format. He won the Lala Amarnath Award for his all-round performances during the recent Ranji Trophy season.
BCCI will honor ICC Trophy winning teams
Naman Awards 2026 will also include felicitation of many teams. The management will felicitate the five Indian teams that have won recent ICC trophies during Sunday’s event.
The board will honor the Women’s Under-19 World Cup 2025 and Men’s Under-19 World Cup 2026 teams. They will also recognize the Champions Trophy 2025, Women’s World Cup 2025 and Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 teams that brought ICC trophies to the country in the last two years.
| Naman Award Winner | ||
| award | winner | Display |
| Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Female Cricketer (Junior Domestic) | Ira Jadhav (Mumbai) | 500 runs in U19 ODI Trophy, 258 runs in U19 T20 Trophy, 143 runs in U19 T20 Challenger Trophy |
| Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Female Cricketer (Senior Domestic) | Shafali Verma (Haryana) | 527 runs in 7 matches with 2 centuries, 2 fifties and 8 wickets. |
| Vijay Merchant Trophy – Highest Wicket Taker (U16 Elite) | Yashvardhan Singh Chauhan (MP) | 37 wickets in 7 matches |
| Vijay Merchant Trophy – Highest Wicket Taker (U16 Plate) | Kishan Sarkar (Tripura) | 32 wickets in 6 matches |
| Vijay Merchant Trophy – Highest run scorer (U16 Elite) | Shantanu Singh (UP) | 947 runs in 8 matches |
| Vijay Merchant Trophy – Highest run scorer (U16 Plate) | Pritam Raj (Bihar) | 491 runs in 6 matches |
| Cooch Behar Trophy – Highest Wicket Taker (U19 Elite) | Hemchudesan J (Tamil Nadu) | 47 wickets in 8 matches |
| Cooch Behar Trophy – Highest Wicket Taker (U19 Plate) | Arkjit Roy (Tripura) | 38 wickets in 6 matches |
| Cooch Behar Trophy – Highest Run Scorer (U19 Elite) | Nitya J Pandya (Baroda) | 881 runs in 6 matches |
| Cooch Behar Trophy – Highest Run Scorer (U19 Plate) | Ragavan Ramamurthy (Pondicherry) | 782 runs in 6 matches |
| Colonel CK Nayudu Trophy – Highest Wicket Taker (U23 Elite) | Vicky Ostwal (Maharashtra) | 69 wickets in 9 matches |
| Colonel CK Nayudu Trophy – Highest Wicket Taker (U23 Plate) | Deepjyoti Saikia (Assam) | 27 wickets in 6 matches |
| Colonel CK Nayudu Trophy – Highest Run Scorer (U23 Elite) | McNeil HN (Karnataka) | 1037 runs in 8 matches |
| Colonel CK Nayudu Trophy – Highest run scorer (U23 Plate) | R Jashwant Sriram (Pondicherry) | 761 runs in 6 matches |
| Ranji Trophy – Highest Wicket Taker (Elite) | Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha) | 69 wickets in 10 matches |
| Ranji Trophy – Highest Wicket Taker (Plate) | Suchith J (Nagaland) | 43 wickets in 6 matches |
| Ranji Trophy – Highest Run Scorer (Elite) | YV Rathod (Vidarbha) | 960 runs in 10 matches |
| Ranji Trophy – Highest run scorer (Plate) | Snehal Kauthankar (Goa) | 949 runs in 6 matches |
| Lala Amarnath Award – Best Allrounder (Limited Overs Domestic) | Ayush Mhatre (Mumbai) | 458 runs and 7 wickets |
| Lala Amarnath Award – Best Allrounder (Ranji Trophy) | Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha) | 476 runs and 69 wickets |
| Best umpire in domestic cricket | Ulhas Gandhe | — |
| Most ODI wickets (women) | Deepti Sharma | 37 wickets in 24 matches |
| Most ODI runs (women) | Smriti Mandhana | 1311 runs in 24 matches |
| Best International Debut (Women) | N Sri Charani | 4/12 vs England |
| Best International Debut (Men) | Harshit Rana | Wickets on debut in Test, ODI and T-20 |
| Best International Cricketer (Women) | Smriti Mandhana | 1800 runs in 36 matches |
| Polly Umrigar Award – Best International Cricketer (Male) | Shubman Gill | 1565 runs in 25 matches |
| Colonel CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement | roger binney | — |
| Colonel CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement | Rahul Dravid | — |
| BCCI Lifetime Achievement (Women) | Mithali Raj | — |
Many more to follow…
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