C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award

C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
Awarded forLifetime Achievement in Indian cricket
Sponsored byBoard of Control for Cricket in India
First awarded1994
Highlights
First winnerLala Amarnath
Last winnerRavi Shastri
Farokh Engineer

The Colonel C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award is an award presented by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to individuals who provided unparalleled contribution to Indian cricket.[1] It is the highest honour bestowed by BCCI on a former player[2][3] and is considered as one of the most prestigious awards in cricket.[4][5] The award includes a trophy, citation, and cash prize of ₹25 lakh.[1]

The award is named after named after Colonel C. K. Nayudu (1895–1967), India's first Test cricket captain widely regarded as 'India's first cricket superstar'[6] with a first-class career spanning over 47 years from 1916 to 1963 — a world record.[7]

Nayudu's teammate and India's first test centurion, Lala Amarnath was the first recipient of the award in 1994. K. N. Prabhu is the only sports journalist to have won the award.[8] Rajinder Goel, Padmakar Shivalkar, and B. B. Nimbalkar are the only non-Test cricketers to have been honoured.[9] Lala Amarnath and Mohinder Amarnath are the only father-son duo to have received the honour. Krishnamachari Srikkanth is the recipient of the award in 2019. Ravi Shastri and Farokh Engineer are the most recent recipients of the award in 2024.[10][11]

  1. ^ a b "Syed Kirmani nominated for CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award". Hindustan Times. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2023. The BCCI celebrates the birth centenary of C.K. Nayudu, the country's first Test captain, by instituting an annual Lifetime Achievement Award to honour individuals for their unparalleled contribution to Indian cricket, on and off the field. The award comprises a trophy, citation and cheque for Rs. 25 lakhs.
  2. ^ "Viswanath nominated for CK Nayudu award". ESPNcricinfo. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2023. ... CK Nayudu lifetime achievement award, the highest honour the Indian board can bestow on a former player.
  3. ^ "I'm no Dhoni or Ganguly, says feted Wadekar". News18. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2023. .... CK Nayudu lifetime achievement award, the highest honour the Indian board can bestow on a former player.
  4. ^ "Farokh Engineer Feels Hurt at Not Getting C K Nayudu Award". The Quint. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2023. It's one of the prestigious awards in cricket and I feel bitter about it that I have been ignored.
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  6. ^ Naha, Souvik (1 March 2012). "Producing the First Indian Cricketing Superhero: Nationalism, Body Culture, Consumption and the C.K. Nayudu Phenomenon". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 29 (4): 562–582. doi:10.1080/09523367.2012.658190. ISSN 0952-3367. S2CID 145667240.
  7. ^ "First-Class Longest Career". Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  8. ^ Ramchand, Partab (14 September 2001). "CK Nayudu Trophy awards have gone to the right claimants". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  9. ^ Mukherjee, Abhishek (7 June 2018). "Full list of CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Awards". Cricket Country. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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