CK Nayudu Life Time Achievement Award 2012 Won by Sunil Gavaskar

The BCCI’s Col. C.K. Nayudu Award Committee has chosen Sunil Gavaskar as the winner of the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award 2012. The award comprises a trophy, citation and cheque for Rs. 25 lakhs.
One of the all-time greats, Sunil Gavaskar represented India in 125 Tests from 1970-71 to 1986-87. He scored a record 774 runs in his debut series in the West Indies, and went on to achieve several milestones. He was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in Tests, and the first to play 100 consecutive Tests. He was the first batsman to score hundreds in each innings of a Test thrice. He was the first batsman to surpass Sir Don Bradman’s tally of twenty-nine Test centuries. He led India in 47 Tests. His greatest triumph as captain was India’s victory in the World Championship of Cricket, a limited-overs tournament featuring all the then Test-playing nations, in 1984-85.
Sunil Gavaskar will receive the Award at the BCCI Awards Ceremony, to be held shortly.
The Committee also decided to honor seven individuals posthumously with a Special Award, for their outstanding contribution to Indian cricket.