Mumbai, May 31: Former Indian cricketer Salim Durani was awarded the Col C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award on Tuesday at the BCCI Annual Awards 2009-10. The honour comprises a trophy and a cheque for Rs 15 lakh.
Durani, an exciting stroke-player and effective left-arm spinner, played 29 Tests from 1960 to 1973, scoring 1,202 runs and taking 75 wickets, including a major role in India's maiden Test series victory in the West Indies in 1971. Back then, he dismissed key batsmen Gary Sobers and Clive Lloyd in the second Test in Trinidad to help India win by seven wickets.
His proficiency with bat and ball also took Central Zone to their first-ever Duleep Trophy win, in 1971-72.
One of the most popular cricketers of his time, who was known to hit a 'six on demand,' Durani represented India in a total of 29 Tests, scoring 1,202 runs at an average of 25. He took 75 wickets, inclusive of three five-wicket hauls.
The previous winners of the C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award are:
1994 - Lala Amarnath
1995 - Syed Mushtaq Ali
1996 - Capt. Vijay Hazare
1997 - K.N. Prabhu
1998 - P. R. Umrigar
1999 - Col. Hemachandra Adhikari
2000 - Subhash Gupte
2001 - Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
2002 - Bhausaheb Nimbalkar
2003 - Chandrakant Borde
2004 - B.S. Bedi, B. Chandrasekhar, EAS Prasanna, S.Venkataraghvan
2007 - Nariman Contractor
2008 - Gundappa Viswanath
2009 - Mohinder Amarnath
