Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana make ripples in CEAT Cricket Rating Awards

The CEAT Cricket Rating Awards were held on Wednesday and it saw a star-studded evening bedecking Mumbai as cricketers from across the globe were rewarded for their annual performances in the last season. The awards witnessed Rohit Sharma being named as the Men’s ODI Batter of the Year while Mohammed Shami was awarded the Men’s Test Bowler of the Year.

Tamil Nadu’s R Sai Kishore was awarded the Domestic Cricketer of Year for his excellent performance that saw him leading Tamil Nadu to the summit clash of the Ranji Trophy. New Zealand’s Tim Southee bagged the Men’s T20I Bowler of the Year while England’s Phil Salt secured the Best T20I Batter of the Year.

In women’s cricket, Harmanpreet Kaur was handed over a memo for leading India in most number of matches in T20I history. Smriti Mandhana was named as the Women’s Indian Batter of the Year while Deepti Sharma clinched the same honour for her bowling exploits.

Full list of awards-

Men's International Cricketer of the Year: Rohit Sharma

Test Batter of the Year: Yashasvi Jaiswal

Test Bowler of the Year: R Ashwin

ODI Batter of the Year: Virat Kohli

ODI Bowler of the Year: Mohammed Shami

T20I Batter of the Year: Phil Salt

T20I Bowler of the Year: Tim Southee

T20 Leadership award: Shreyas Iyer (KKR)

Lifetime Achievement: Rahul Dravid

Award for excellent in sports administration: Jay Shah

Most matches as captain in women's T20I history: Harmanpreet Kaur

Women's Indian bowler of the year: Deepti Sharma

Fastest double-century in women's Test: Shafali Verma