Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli honoured at the 26th CEAT Cricket Awards

The Indian men’s cricket team captain Rohit Sharma was awarded the 26th CEAT International Cricketer of the Year Award at a ceremony held in Mumbai on 21 August 2024

The CEAT Cricket Awards is one of the most prestigious awards in cricket. It honours the exceptional performance of cricketers worldwide.

The CEAT Cricket Awards started in 1995-96, is sponsored by RP Goenka Group company CEAT Tyres. The latest 26th CEAT Award takes into account the players' performance during the 2023-24 cricketing session.

Men's International Cricketer of the Year Award 

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma was honoured for his exceptional performance in the 2023-24 season. Under his captaincy, India reached the final of the 13th ICC Men’s ODI Cricket World Cup but lost to Australia. 

During this period, Rohit scored around 1800 international runs, including 597 runs during the 13th ODI World Cup.

After fellow India Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma was the second-highest run scorer in the World Cup.

ODI Batter of the Year -Virat Kohli 

Virat Kohli, who had a terrific year in the One Day Internationals (ODI), was honoured with the Best ODI Batter of the Year award.

In the 2023-24 season, Kohli scored 1377 runs, which included six centuries and eight fifties. Kohli was the leading scorer of the 2023 ODI World Cup with 765 runs at an average of 95.62. 

During the World Cup, Kohli equalled Sachin Tendulkar's record of most centuries -49 in ODI. With 50 ODI centuries, Virat Kohli has surpassed Tendulakar’s record.

Lifetime Achievement Award for Rahul Dravid 

Former Indian cricket captain and coach of the Indian men’s cricket team was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Rahul Dravid, also known as the Wall, was the coach of the Indian team that won the 9th ICC Men’s T 20 World Cup in Barbados, defeating South Africa in the final.

Complete List of the Winners of the 2023-24 CEAT Cricket Award 

Lifetime Achievement Award: Rahul Dravid 

International Cricketer of the Year: Rohit Sharma 

Performance in Test Match (Men’s)

• Test Batter of the Year: Yashashvi Jaiswal 
• Test Bowler of the Year: Ravichandran Ashwin 

Performance in ODI (Men’s)

• Batter of the Year: Virat Kohli 
• Bowler of the Year: Mohammad Shami 

Performance in T20(Men’s)

• Batter of the Year: Phil Salt (England)
• Bowler of the Year: Tim Southee (New Zealand)

Performance in Domestic Cricket (Men)

• Cricketer of the Year: Sai Kishore. Left-arm spinner from Tamil Nadu.

Best Indian Women cricketer 

• Batter of the Year: Smriti Mandhana 
• Bowler of the Year: Deepti Sharma 

Memento 

• Most matches as a captain in Women's T20I history: Harmanpreet Kaur 
• Outstanding Leadership in TATA IPL: Shreyas Iyer 
• Fastest Double Century in Women's Test Match: Shafali Verma 

Other Award

• Excellence in Sports Administration: BCCI Secretary Jay Shah.