BCCI Awards: Jasprit Bumrah chosen as best men’s player; Smriti Mandhana gets best women’s honour

India pacer Jasprit Bumrah added another award in his already burgeoning trophy cabinet when he was chosen as Best International Cricketer 2023-24 in men’s category for BCCI’s Polly Umrigar Award. Smriti Mandhana, meanwhile, was chosen for the corresponding women’s trophy which will be presented on Saturday.
Bumrah was India’s standout bowler in their T20 World Cup triumph and the recent Border Gavaskar Trophy Test series, and has already bagged the ICC Test and overall Cricketer of the Year.
The 31-year-old was the Player of the Series against Australia in the BGT, bagging 32 wickets across five Tests.

Mandhana, who is the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year, made 743 runs in the 2024 calendar year, scoring four ODI centuries, a record in the women’s game, and found the boundary more than a hundred times in the year, hitting 95 fours and six maximums. The 28-year-old cricketer’s ODI runs came at an average of 57.86 and an impressive strike rate of 95.15.

Spin great Ravichandran Ashwin, who retired from international cricket in December 2024 as India’s second highest wicket-taker in Tests with 537 dismissals and overall eighth highest, has been bestowed with a special award at the end of his career. The 37-year-old Ashwin, who made his Test debut in November 2011, played a defining role in India’s 12-year domination in the longest format at home wherein they won 18 series on the trot.
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Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan was picked for the Best International Debut among men for his quick-fire fifty against England in the Rajkot Test in February 2024. The middle-order mainstay also hit a counter-attacking 150 against New Zealand in the Bengaluru Test to continue his ascent.
Tanush Kotian continued to make waves with his rise through the ranks in Mumbai in the 2023-24 season, which culminated with his maiden call-ups for the India A side for their tour of Australia and subsequently for the Indian team for the last two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Kotian will be awarded with the Best Performance in BCCI Domestic Tournaments trophy.