NEW DELHI: Legendary Sachin Tendulkar was on Saturday honoured with the Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award at BCCI’s glittering Naman Awards ceremony in Mumbai.
Tendulkar, 51, who represented India in 664 international matches and holds the record for the highest number of Test and ODI runs in the history of the game, received the prestigious award from the ICC Chair Jay Shah amid a rousing applause from the cricketing stars and board officials present at the ceremony.
The Lifetime Achievement Award for Sachin comes after his extraordinary 24 years of service to Indian cricket where he accumulated a whopping 34,357 international runs.
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“Always value your game and take care of your game. I realised on that final day (2013) that I will never walk onto the field as a current India cricketer. Similarly, once you retire then you will realise where you were a few years ago,” Tendulkar said after receiving the award.
“So enjoy your game as you have a lot of cricket left in you as current India cricketers and stay away from distractions.”
Interestingly, Sachin also has prestigious Bharat Ratna to his name — India’s highest civilian award — given to him back in 2014.
Alongside Sachin, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was also honoured with the Polly Umrigar Award for Best Men’s International Cricketer of 2023-24.
Opener Smriti Mandhana recieved the best international cricketer award in the women’s category.