07:18 PM, 15-Mar-2026
BCCI ‘Naman’ Awards Live: Naman Awards program started
The program of Naman Awards 2026 has started. BCCI President Mithun Manhas is welcoming all the guests and remembering the achievements of the Indian players.
07:09 PM, 15-Mar-2026
BCCI ‘Naman’ Awards Live: BCCI will honor the World Cup winning team
07:09 PM, 15-Mar-2026
BCCI ‘Naman’ Awards Live: Mhatre-Harsh Dubey will get the honor
Mumbai’s Ayush Mhatre, who won the Under-19 World Cup title under his captaincy, will receive the best all-rounder award in the domestic limited overs tournament. This award is known as Lala Amarnath Award. At the same time, Vidarbha’s Harsh Dubey has been chosen the best all-rounder for his excellent performance in the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season.
07:09 PM, 15-Mar-2026
BCCI ‘Naman’ Awards Live: Lifetime Achievement Award to Binny, Dravid and Mithali
BCCI has named former Indian players Roger Binny and Rahul Dravid as Colonel C.K. It has been decided to honor Naidu with Lifetime Achievement Award. Whereas, among women, this award will be given to Mithali Raj. Binny has also been the former President of BCCI, while during Dravid’s coaching tenure, India won the 2024 T20 World Cup title. Mithali is also being honored for her contribution to women’s cricket in India.
07:08 PM, 15-Mar-2026
BCCI ‘Naman’ Awards Live: Strong form in ODI and IPL too
Gill also performed well in ODI cricket. He scored a total of 490 runs, including 188 in India’s Champions Trophy-winning campaign. If all formats are taken together, Gill scored a total of 1,764 runs last year, which included seven centuries and three half-centuries. His average was around 49. Apart from this, Gill’s bat played well in IPL also. While playing for Gujarat Titans and captaining the team, he scored 650 runs and batted at an average of around 50.
07:08 PM, 15-Mar-2026
BCCI ‘Naman’ Awards Live: Great performance in test cricket
26-year-old Shubman performed brilliantly in Test and ODI cricket last year i.e. 2025. Although, he did not get a place in the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup recently, but his performance in the other two formats was very strong. Shubman batted brilliantly in Test cricket in 2025 and scored 983 runs. This included 754 runs in the series played against England on their soil, which shows his excellent form. His average in the Test series against England was more than 70 and he played many important innings.
07:05 PM, 15-Mar-2026
BCCI ‘Naman’ Awards Live: Gill will match Sachin-Ashwin
Shubman has won this award for the second time. Earlier in the year 2023 also he was honored with this award. By winning this award for the second time, Shubman will equalize with Sachin Tendulkar and Ravichandran Ashwin. Both of them also won this award twice. Only Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah have been honored with this award more times than these three. Kohli has been the BCCI Cricketer of the Year five times, while Bumrah has won this award three times.
06:56 PM, 15-Mar-2026
BCCI Naman Awards Live: BCCI salutes the World Cup winners, Gill-Mandhana best players of the year
Hello! Welcome to the live blog of Amar Ujala. Many stars of Indian cricket will be honored today in the ‘Naman Awards 2026’ organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). In this ceremony, Shubman Gill will be honored with the prestigious ‘Polly Umrigar Cricketer of the Year’ award for his outstanding performance in men’s cricket, while in women’s cricket, Smriti Mandhana will be honored with the ‘Woman Cricketer of the Year’ award. Apart from this, many other players and talents who have made significant contribution to Indian cricket including World Cup winning players will also be honored by BCCI.