Gambhir is Ceat International Cricketer of the year

By anand
for Cricketain.com

Published: November 30, 2009

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Mumbai: India’s opening batsman, Gautam Gambhir, got rewarded on Sunday for his consistency, as he was named the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year for the fantastic performances with the bat in the 2008-09 season.

Gambhir, who has notched up seven hundreds in his last nine test matches, which included four in the last four, also went home with the Test Batsman of the Year award at the function held in Mumbai.
India’s other swashbuckling opening batsman and Gambhir’s opening partner, Virender Sehwag, won the ODI Batsman of the Year award. Australia’s speedster Mitchell Johnson took home the Test Bowler of the Year award for his consistent performances in the last season.
India’s legendary spinner Erapalli Prasanna was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award while Australia walked away with the Team of the Year award.
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was given a special felicitation award for completing 300 wickets in Tests. The International Spirit of Cricket award went to Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera, who has made a stunning comeback since he got injured in the Lahore terror attack in March while his teammate Ajantha Mendis bagged the ODI Bowler of the Year award.
Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar said at the function that these ratings are accurate as indicated by the fact that some of the previous International Cricketer of the Year award winners were modern day greats Brian Lara (West Indies), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) and Ricky Ponting (Australia).
“Ceat Cricket Rating strives to focus on identifying the right talent. The ratings are pretty much accurate as you can see some of the modern greats like Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting etc winning the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year in the past,” he said.
The award winners:
International Cricketer of the Year and Test Batsman of the Year – Gautam Gambhir (India)
ODI Batsman of the Year – Virender Sehwag (India)
Test Bowler of the year – Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
ODI Bowler of the year – Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Spirit of Cricket Award – Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)
300 Wickets Felicitation Award – Harbhajan Singh (India)
Lifetime Achievement Award – E A S Prasanna (India).

Gambhir, who has notched up seven hundreds in his last nine test matches, which included four in the last four, also went home with the Test Batsman of the Year award at the function held in Mumbai.

India’s other swashbuckling opening batsman and Gambhir’s opening partner, Virender Sehwag, won the ODI Batsman of the Year award. Australia’s speedster Mitchell Johnson took home the Test Bowler of the Year award for his consistent performances in the last season.

India’s legendary spinner Erapalli Prasanna was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award while Australia walked away with the Team of the Year award.

Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was given a special felicitation award for completing 300 wickets in Tests. The International Spirit of Cricket award went to Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera, who has made a stunning comeback since he got injured in the Lahore terror attack in March while his teammate Ajantha Mendis bagged the ODI Bowler of the Year award.

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar said at the function that these ratings are accurate as indicated by the fact that some of the previous International Cricketer of the Year award winners were modern day greats Brian Lara (West Indies), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) and Ricky Ponting (Australia).

“Ceat Cricket Rating strives to focus on identifying the right talent. The ratings are pretty much accurate as you can see some of the modern greats like Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting etc winning the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year in the past,” he said.

The award winners:

International Cricketer of the Year and Test Batsman of the Year – Gautam Gambhir (India)
ODI Batsman of the Year - Virender Sehwag (India)
Test Bowler of the year – Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
ODI Bowler of the year – Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Spirit of Cricket Award – Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)
300 Wickets Felicitation Award – Harbhajan Singh (India)
Lifetime Achievement Award – E A S Prasanna(India).

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