Mumbai, May 31: Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, the world's leading scorer in both Test and ODI cricket, won the Polly Umrigar award at a glittering function held by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai.
The master batsman scored 1,064 runs, including one double-century and five hundreds, in 10 Tests during the year in question, October 2009 to September 2010, at an average of 82. Tendulkar also scored 695 runs in 12 one-day internationals, including the first double-century in One-dayers, against South Africa at Gwalior in February 2010.
On receiving the prestigious award Tendulkar said, "Indeed it's a great honour to win the Polly Umrigar Trophy once again. I won it few years ago.”
Humble as ever, Tendulkar thanked his teammates saying, "It wouldn't have been possible without the support of the Indian team members who are all here. I congratulate the team for becoming number one in Tests which was our dream followed by something absolutely magical less than two months ago... We won the World Cup.”
"It was a combined effort of all the team members and superb leadership exhibited by Dhoni. I also want to thank the support staff. They worked very hard and planned very well. We executed the plans and the results came," Tendulkar added.
Tendulkar received a trophy and cheque for Rs 5 lakh from BCCI President Shashank Manohar and Secretary N Srinivasan.
