Gavaskar wins BCCI’s lifetime achievement award
Sunil Gavaskar has been awarded the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by the BCCI for 2012. Gavaskar, a former India captain, will receive Rs 25 lakh (approx US$46,600), a trophy and a citation at a BCCI awards ceremony. The prize money that goes with the award has been raised from Rs 15 lakh (approx US$28,000), which Ajit Wadekar received last year.
Now a prominent television commentator, Gavaskar has been India’s most successful opening batsman, at one point holding the record for the most Test runs (10,122) and most Test centuries (34). He was known for his near-perfect technique and…
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