Eecently Naman BCCI Awards for the year 2019 were held in Mumbai. The event were attended by many popular faces of Indian cricket team. The BCCI Awards are held every year. Mayank Agarwal won the debutant of the year award whereas the best all-rounder in Ranji Trophy was bagged by the young Shivam Dube.
Team India’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah received two awards the Polly Umrigar award and Dilip Sardesai award at the BCCI Annual Awards function. Jasprit Bumrah was listed as the best male International cricketer by the BCCI and was presented with a citation, trophy and cheque for rupees fifteen lakhs. Dilip Sardesai award is conferred on both the highest wicket-taker and highest run-getter in Test cricket. In a remarkable season, Jasprit Bumrah took 34 wickets in six matches with three five-wicket hauls.
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The right-arm pacer, who was initially regarded as a white-ball specialist, left everyone surprised with the way he hit the ground running in red-ball cricket. He picked up a five-wicket haul in south Africa, England, Australia and the West Indies, becoming the first and only Asian bowler to achieve the feat. One of these five-wicket hauls even included a hat-trick.
Happy from his achievements Bumrah took to photo-sharing website Instagram to share a picture of himself along with the two trophies he won at the BCCI annual awards, with caption:
“Grateful and honoured to be taking these two awards home tonight.”
Fans and followers showered him with greetings and compliments while former Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh, could not stop himself from having some fun at the expense of his former India and Mumbai Indians teammate Jasprit Bumrah.
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Yuvraj did not waste much time in congratulating Bumrah but did it with a hilarious comment as he wrote:
“Jassi has de thoda no ones taking your trophies away! Jokes apart many congratulations you truly deserve it”
Along with Yuvraj, Bumrah was also praised by his teammates KL Rahul and Virat Kohli. Jasprit Bumrah, the world’s number one ODI bowler made his test debut during India’s tour of South Africa in January 2018 and hasn’t looked back since.
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