BCCI NAMAN Awards 2026 LIVE: Rahul Dravid, Mithali Raj get Lifetime Achievement Awards

All the awards are done here, and the evening might just be coming to a close. What a wonderful evening it has been for Indian cricket.

Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award: Roger Binny

🚨 𝗖𝗼𝗹. 𝗖.𝗞. 𝗡𝗮𝘆𝘂𝗱𝘂 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 🚨

Celebrating a lifetime of contribution to Indian cricket 🇮🇳

Congratulations to #TeamIndia great Roger Binny on receiving the prestigious award 👏👏#NamanAwards pic.twitter.com/f7DgD8efOK

— BCCI (@BCCI) March 15, 2026

Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award: Rahul Dravid

Now, just the lifetime achievement awards remain, and should happen soon. Three awardees there.

Sanju Samson reveals, the conversation he & Rahul Dravid had before Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's first IPL match last year.

Sanju mimicking Vaibhav Suryavanshi 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/JfsayPiXjk

— yam (@noontonightt) March 15, 2026

Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya talk about their maiden IPL experience. It's been ages since that happened.

Niki Prasad and Ayush Mhatre on the stage to have an interaction with Harsha Bhogle. Also getting some advice from the senior team skippers.

India needed to breach that trophy drought. That was done in 2024, and many more trophies will come from now on.

The three skippers of India are on the stage, talking about their different trophies here. 2025 was an exceptional year.

India's very best

Cricket’s finest under one roof tonight! 🌟

Time to celebrate the heroes of the game at Naman Awards. 🏏#NamanAwards, LIVE NOW 👉 https://t.co/XGKhP1qQbW pic.twitter.com/cCrQzjCUMZ

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 15, 2026

Best International Cricketer in 2024-25 - Women: Smriti Mandhana

Polly Umrigar Award Best International Cricketer in 2024-25 - Men: Shubman Gill

There you go. The latest WC winners felicitated now. The players are on the team now. Take a bow, Sanju Samson.

Best International Debut in 2024-25 - Women: N Sree Charani

Best International Debut in 2024-25 - Men: Harshit Rana

The team has come on the stage and what a wonderful feat they achieved, beating South Africa in the final.

Highest Wickets in One Day Internationals - 2024-25 - Women: Deepti Sharma

Highest Run Getter in One Day Internationals -2024-25- Women: Smriti Mandhana

The teams gets credit cards, with 10 million points. Okay, something different. But well done, to the team.

Lala Amarnath Award for the Best All-Rounder In Domestic Limited-Overs Competitions, 2024-25: Ayush Mhatre (Mumbai)

Lala Amarnath Award for the Best All-Rounder in the Ranji Trophy, 2024-25: Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha)

Best Performance in BCCI Domestic Tournaments of 2024-25: Mumbai Cricket Association

Best Umpire In Domestic Cricket in 2024-25: Ulhas Gandhe (Vidarbha C A)

Great to see these young boys get the recognition, they so badly deserve. Shoutout to Hrishikesh Kanitkar, who has been behind this team.

Madhavrao Scindia Award: Highest Run Getter In The Ranji Trophy in 2024-25 - Elite Group: Y V Rathod (Vidarbha)

Madhavrao Scindia Award: Highest Run Getter In The Ranji Trophy in 2024-25 - Plate Group: Snehal Kauthankar (Goa)

Madhavrao Scindia Award: Highest Wicket-Taker In The Ranji Trophy in 2024-25 - Elite Group: Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha)

Madhavrao Scindia Award: Highest Wicket-Taker In The Ranji Trophy in 2024-25 - Plate Group: Suchith J (Nagaland)

M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker In (U23) Col. C K Nayudu Trophy in 2024-25 - Elite Group: Vicky Ostwal (Maharashtra)

M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker In (U23) Col. C K Nayudu Trophy in 2024-25 - Plate Group: Dipjyoti Saikia (Assam)

M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Run Getter In (U23) Col. C K Nayudu Trophy in 2024-25 - Elite Group: Macneil H N (Karnataka)

M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Run Getter In (U23) Col. C K Nayudu Trophy in 2024-25 - Plate Group: R Jashwanth Shreeram (Puducherry)

M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker In (U19) Cooch Behar Trophy in 2024-25 - Elite Group: Hemchudeshan J (Tamil Nadu)

M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker In (U19) Cooch Behar Trophy in 2024-25 - Plate Group: Arkajit Roy (Tripura)

M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Run Getter In (U19) Cooch Behar Trophy in 2024-25 - Elite Group: Nitya J Pandya (Baroda)

M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Run Getter In (U19) Cooch Behar Trophy in 2024-25 - Plate Group: Ragavan Ramamoorthy (Puducherry)

The U19 Womens World Cup winning team of 2025 getting their mementos here. The best U19 side by far where they won all matches convincingly.

Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker In (U16) Vijay Merchant Trophy in 2024-25 - Plate Group: Kishan Sarkar (Tripura)

Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Highest Run Getter In (U16) Vijay Merchant Trophy in 2024-25 - Elite Group: Shanthanu Singh (Uttar Pradesh)

Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Highest Run Getter In (U16) Vijay Merchant Trophy in 2024-25 - Plate Group: Pritam Raj (Bihar)

Junior cricketer (women's) of the year - Ira Jadhav of Mumbai

Senior cricketer (women's) of the year - Shefali Verma

Highest wicket-taker U16 Vijay Merchant Trophy - Yashvardhan Singh Chauhan

Everyone feels for Sanju

Rahul Dravid said, “great to see Sanju Samson succeed after all the effort that he has put in”. pic.twitter.com/LxprQArxEj

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 15, 2026

BCCI president Mithun Manhas starts his address. That is officially the start here. Stay tuned for all the awards.

Sanju talks about how his career has its own path. He wanted to win WC for India. He also talks about how the focus shifted from himself to the team.

Varun Chakravarthy speaks to the broadcaster - The mystery spinner talks about, how he had never imagined, to be where he is today. That is, playing for Team India and winning two World Cups and a Champions Trophy.

U19 skipper talks about winning the World Cup, and learning from CSK's MS DHONI. This will be his second season with the team. A special talent.

All in readiness

All set for the #NamanAwards 2026 🏅

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— InsideSport (@InsideSportIND) March 15, 2026

This happened a while back

Shubman Gill arrived in Delhi for the BCCI Naman Awards.

He will receive the Best International Men’s Cricketer award. pic.twitter.com/apPPLgxblI

— Sonu (@Cricket_live247) March 15, 2026

The wait is finally getting over. The event will start in a couple of minutes from now as cricketers have already arrived.

Best cricketer domestic (Women's)

Shafali Verma went on to bag the award. It was on the back of these strong performances, that she was picked for the World Cup team, when Pratika Rawal got injured.

Deepti Sharma is the best all-rounder that Team India has, for a long time now. In last year, in 23 matches, she went on to pick a massive 39 wickets.

Best international debut (women's)

Before the World Cup, no one really knew, who Charani was, but she did play a big role in bringing the World Cup home. In 18 matches in the year, she went on to pick 23 wickets where the eco was under 6.

Best international cricketer (women's) - Smiriti Mandhana

Hardly any doubt that she is the best batter in the world. In T20s in 2025 she scored 341 runs at an average of 38. There she scored a ton and two fifties. In ODIs, in 23 matches she scored a massive 1362 runs, with five tons to her name.

Naman awards is not only an occasion for recognising excellence in cricket, but also to listen to your faborite cricketers. So, stay tuned. The event starts in under 40 mins from here.

🚨 News 🚨

BCCI to honour Roger Binny, Rahul Dravid and Mithali Raj with Lifetime Achievement Awards at Naman Awards 2026, scheduled to be held on Sunday, 15 March 2026, in New Delhi.

More details ▶️ https://t.co/noBSDbxcW5 pic.twitter.com/WfhfqHBuiI

— BCCI (@BCCI) March 14, 2026

Fans in India can watch the BCCI NAMAN Awards 2026 live on Star Sports 1, while the live streaming will be available on JioHotstar. The broadcast begins at 6:45 PM IST on Saturday, March 15

Award Category	Award/Title	Winner
Lifetime Achievement	C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award	Rahul Dravid
Lifetime Achievement	C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award	Roger Binny
Lifetime Achievement (Women)	C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award	Mithali Raj
International Awards	Polly Umrigar Award – Best International Cricketer (Men) 2024–25	Shubman Gill
International Awards	Best International Cricketer (Women) 2024–25	Smriti Mandhana
International Awards	Highest Run-getter in Women’s ODIs 2024–25	Smriti Mandhana
International Awards	Highest Wicket-taker in Women’s ODIs 2024–25	Deepti Sharma
International Debut	Best International Debut (Men) 2024–25	Harshit Rana
International Debut	Best International Debut (Women) 2024–25	Sree Charani
Domestic Performance	Best Performance in BCCI Domestic Tournaments 2024–25	Mumbai Cricket Association
Officiating	Best Umpire in Domestic Cricket 2023–24	Ulhas Gandhe
Ranji Trophy Awards	Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Wicket-taker (Elite Group) 2024–25	Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha)
Ranji Trophy Awards	Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Wicket-taker (Plate Group) 2024–25	Suchith J (Nagaland)
Ranji Trophy Awards	Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Run-getter (Elite Group) 2024–25	Yash Rathod (Vidarbha)
Ranji Trophy Awards	Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Run-getter (Plate Group) 2024–25	Snehal Kauthankar (Goa)
Domestic All-rounder	Lala Amarnath Award – Best All-rounder in Domestic Limited-Overs 2024–25	Ayush Mhatre (Mumbai)
Domestic All-rounder	Lala Amarnath Award – Best All-rounder in Ranji Trophy 2024–25	Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha)
Women Domestic	Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Woman Cricketer (Junior Domestic) 2024–25	Ira Jadhav (Mumbai)
Women Domestic	Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Woman Cricketer (Senior Domestic) 2024–25	Shafali Verma (Haryana)
U16 Vijay Merchant Trophy	Highest Wicket-taker (Elite Group) 2024–25	Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan (Madhya Pradesh)
U16 Vijay Merchant Trophy	Highest Wicket-taker (Plate Group) 2024–25	Kishan Sarkar (Tripura)
U16 Vijay Merchant Trophy	Highest Run-getter (Elite Group) 2024–25	Shanthanu Singh (Uttar Pradesh)
U16 Vijay Merchant Trophy	Highest Run-getter (Plate Group) 2024–25	Pritam Raj (Bihar)
U19 Cooch Behar Trophy	Highest Wicket-taker (Elite Group) 2024–25	Hemchudeshan J (Tamil Nadu)
U19 Cooch Behar Trophy	Highest Wicket-taker (Plate Group) 2024–25	Arkajit Roy (Tripura)
U19 Cooch Behar Trophy	Highest Run-getter (Elite Group) 2024–25	Nitya J Pandya (Baroda)
U19 Cooch Behar Trophy	Highest Run-getter (Plate Group) 2024–25	Ragavan Ramamoorthy (Pondicherry)
U23 C.K. Nayudu Trophy	Highest Wicket-taker (Elite Group) 2024–25	Vicky Ostwal (Maharashtra)
U23 C.K. Nayudu Trophy	Highest Wicket-taker (Plate Group) 2024–25	Dipjyoti Saikia (Assam)
U23 C.K. Nayudu Trophy	Highest Run-getter (Elite Group) 2024–25	Macneil H N (Karnataka)
U23 C.K. Nayudu Trophy	Highest Run-getter (Plate Group) 2024–25	R Jashwanth Shreeram (Pondicherry)