BCCI Awards 2025 Highlights: Indian stars receive honours, Tendulkar conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award

All the stars are now invited on the stage as they pose for the shutterbugs. What a moment for them, what a moment for some rising cricketers to be with legends like Tendulkar, Gavaskar and Rohit.

"Thank you all for coming. I am thankful to the BCCI, I can't thank them enough. They have always been supportive. Truly humbled to have my name in the list of awardees," Tendulkar said after being honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Sachin Tendulkar, the God of Cricket, receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from ICC chair Jay Shah. A big reason why more than a billion people love the sport so much.

Indian team members are being invited to receive gifts for the T20 World Cup win. Rohit speaks on the victory. "It took a while to realise that we won the World Cup. Unfortunately, we were struck in Barbados. Three or four days we were struck there. We wanted to bring that in the country and celebrate with the fans. The next morning after the Wankhede celebration I woke up, and we realised we had done something special," he said.

Ashwin gets a special award from the BCCI. He has been a huge match-winner for India in more than a decade. Ashwin retired from International cricket in late 2024.

Best International Cricketer in women's cricket is Smriti Mandhana. She also received the Best WODI Cricketer of the Year Award from ICC.

Jasprit Bumrah is the Best International Cricketer in the men's section. He was the ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year and ICC Men's Cricketer of Year Award.

Highest Run-Getter in Women ODIs: Smriti Mandhana

Highest Wicket-Taker in Women ODIs: Deepti Sharma

Sarafarz Khan wins the Best International Debutant award. Asha Sobhana wins the Best Debutant award in the women's section.

"First to know that you have seen my guitar videos is so nice. I remember the first song that I learnt on the guitar is how great is the God. One recent song that has been very special to my heart is Tenu Sang Rakhna," she said when asked about when she learnt to play guitar.

Mandhana asks, has Samaira picked up a bat? Rohit replies, "We play cricket in the house. It is just for fun. Nothing to do with it. She comes back from the school late and she has got classes. Just before she goes for cricket, we play for fun. She likes batting, just like anyone who starts playing cricket."

Mandhana with another intriguing one: Hobbies that you have picked that your teammates tease you about?

"My teammates tease me for forgetting. I forget my wallet, I forget my passport which is no true. That was two decades back," Rohit replies.

Hardik asks Smriti Mandhana on who needs a style in the Indian cricket. Mandhana says, "I am the wrong person to ask the question. I am comfortable in track pants and t-shirt. I do not want to throw any of my teammates under the bus."

Jemimah asks Hardik about his match preparations. Hardik says, "I have always believed in training well. I have always played the match in the nets before actually going into the match."

Indian stars Rohit Sharma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Hardik Pandya are on the stage for a special discussion.

Best performance in BCCI Domestic Tournaments: Mumbai are the winners. They won the Ranji Trophy, Senior Women's T20 Trophy and the Vijay Merchant Trophy

Lala Amarnath Award for the Best All-Rounder in Ranji Trophy is Tanush Kotian

Lala Amarnath Award for the Best All-Rounder in Domestic Limited-Overs Competitions goes to Shashank Singh

Former India cricketer Ravi Ashwin presents some of the Madhavrao Scindia Awards.

Madhavrao Scindia Award - Highest Wicket-Taker in Ranji Trophy (Plate Group): Tanay Thyagarajan

Madhavrao Scindia Award - Highest Wicket-Taker in Ranji Trophy (EliteGroup): R Sai Kishore

M.A. Chidambaram Trophy - Highest Run-Getter in U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy: Kavya Teotia

M.A. Chidambaram Trophy - Highest Wicket-Taker in U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy: Vishnu Bhardwaj

MA Chidambaram Trophy - Highest Wicket-Taker in U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy (Plate Group): Neizekho Rupreo

MA Chidambaram Trophy - Highest Run Getter in U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy (Plate Group): Hem Chetri

MA Chidambaram Trophy - Highest Wicket-Taker in U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy (Elite Group): P Vidyuth

MA Chidambaram Trophy - Highest Run Getter in U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy (Elite Group): Aneesh KV

Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy Best Woman Cricketer Senior Domestic: Priya Mishra

Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy - Best Woman Cricketer Junior Domestic: Ishwari Awasare

Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy - Highest Wicket-Taker in U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy: Hemchudeshan Jeganathan

Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy - Highest Run Getter in U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy: Lakshya Raichandani

The BCCI Naman Awards 2025 ceremony is now underway. BCCI President is up with an opening speech, highlighting Indian cricket's performance across men's and women's categories.

"ICC trophy comes every year now. There is no time to take the pedal off the gas. You have to be ready for the challenge. We won the T20 World Cup and now look forward to the next one. Lot of guys are playing domestic cricket, lots of them are playing international cricket as well."

Ahead of the start of the ceremony, Suryakumar Yadav speaks with the host broadcaster Star Sports. On being asked about the David Miller iconic catch in the T20 World Cup final, SKY said, "I feel it was really a special moment. All the guys who did a alot of hard work. We went into the moment where I could do that. I was really happy to be in that moment. That moment completely changed my life. It was one of the greatest moments in my life."

It was a great year for Indian speedster Jasprit Bumrah. There have been parallels drawn of Bumrah with some of the greatest in the game of cricket. He was the star of Indian cricket last year and won the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year and ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year Awards. Bumrah is now set to get the BCCI's Polly Umrigar Award for Best International Cricketer 2023-24.

Meanwhile, Ravichandran Ashwin, who retired from international cricket in late 2024 is set to receive a special award. Ashwin had retired from all the three formats during the Border-Gavaskar series but has played big role in India's dominance at home in the last decade and more.

Jasprit Bumrah is set to receive the Best Cricketer of the Year award, while Smriti Mandhana will get the same honour in the women's category. India legend Sachin Tendulkar is also set to receive the Colonel CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award.

We are close to the start of the BCCI Awards. Some star Indian cricketers will be receiving some prestigious honours from the Indian Board. Stay tuned for the updates.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to honour the top cricketers of the Indian team from last year in their BCCI Awards 2025 ceremony in Mumbai. Several stars are set to attend the event. Follow this space for all the live updates on the BCCI Awards.