BCCI awards 2015-16 winners list

Indian captain Virat Kohli is set to make more history as he will become the first Indian cricketer to receive the Polly Umrigar Award for the third time. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Annual Awards, which is to be held in Bengaluru on March 8. 

Ravichandran Ashwin, who is the No. 1 ranked bowler and all-rounder by the ICC in Tests, will become the first player to receive the Dilip Sardesai Award twice. The CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to former left-arm spinners Rajinder Goel and Padmakar Shivalkar.

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BCCI has also decided to honour the women in Indian cricket and have decided to award the Lifetime Achievement Award to India's first Test captain Shanta Rangaswamy.

BCCI Annual Awards 2016-17 following the fifth MAK Pataudi Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru on March 8. Former India wicket-keeper Farokh Engineer will deliver the lecture.

Here is the complete list of winners :- 

CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award - Rajinder Goel, Padmakar Shivalkar

BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award For Women - Shanta Rangaswamy

BCCI Special Award - VV Kumar and Ramakant Desai

Polly Umrigar Award - Virat Kohli

Dilip Sardesai Award - R Ashwin

Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in Ranji Trophy 2015-16 - Jalaj Saxena (Madhya Pradesh)

Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in domestic limited-overs competitions - Axar Patel (Gujarat)

Madhavrao Scindia Award for highest scorer in Ranji Trophy 2015-16 - Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai)

Madhavrao Scindia Award for highest wicket-taker in Ranji Trophy 2015-16 - Shahbaz Nadeem (Jharkhand)

MA Chidambaram Trophy for highest scorer in Under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy 2015-16 - Jay Bista (Mumbai)

MA Chidambaram Trophy for highest wicket-taker in Under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy 2015-16 - Satyajeet Bachhav (Maharashtra)

NKP Salve Award for highest scorer in Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2015-16 - Armaan Jaffer (Mumbai)

NKP Salve Award for highest wicket-taker in Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2015-16 - Ninad Rathva (Baroda)

Raj Singh Dungarpur Award for highest scorer in Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy 2015-16 - Abhishek Sharma (Punjab)

Raj Singh Dungarpur Award for highest wicket-taker in Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy 2015-16 - Abhishek Sharma (Punjab)

Jagmohan Dalmiya Award for best woman cricketer (senior) of 2015-16 - Mithali Raj

Jagmohan Dalmiya Award for best woman cricketer (junior) of 2015-16 - Deepti Sharma (Uttar Pradesh)

Best Umpire in domestic cricket in 2015-16 - Nitin Menon

Best Performance in BCCI domestic tournaments in 2015-16 - Mumbai Cricket Association

IPL 2017 Full schedule

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The schedule for the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League has been announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.  The tournament will start on April 5 in Hyderabad, while the final will be held in the same city on May 21.

IPL 2017 auction will be held in Bengaluru on February 20, where 351 cricketers will go under the hammer. Out of the lost, 122 have played international cricket at some stage, including six Associate players.

IPL’s 10th edition will be spread over 47 days & across 10 venues with each team playing 14 matches in the round-robin stage. This IPL season will also see Indore hosting games for the first time since 2011(Rising Pune Supergiants on April 8, RCB on April 10 and Mumbai Indians on April 20).

Kanpur will be the home base for Gujarat Lions in two matches, against Delhi Daredevils on May 10 and Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 13.The qualifiers will be held on May 16 and May 19 while the eliminator is scheduled on May 17. Venues of these matches are yet to be announced.

Here is the full list of matches of IPL 2017 :- 

Match 1: SRH vs RCB, April 5 2017, 8 PM

Match 2: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Mumbai Indians, April 6 2017, 8 PM

Match 3: Gujarat Lions vs KKR, April 7 2017, 8 PM

Match 4: Kings XI Punjab vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 8 2017, 4 PM

Match 5: RCB vs Delhi Daredevils, April 8 2017, 8 PM

Match 6: SRH vs Gujarat Lions, April 9 2017, 4 PM

Match 7: Mumbai Indians vs KKR, April 9 2017, 8 PM

Match 8: Kings XI Punjab vs RCB, April 10 2017, 8 PM

Match 9: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Delhi Daredevils, April 11 2017, 8 PM

Match 10: Mumbai Indians vs SRH, April 12 2017, 8 PM

Match 11: KKR vs Kings XI Punjab, April 13 2017, 8 PM

Match 12: RCB vs Mumbai Indians, April 14 2017, 4 PM

Match 13: Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 14 2017, 8 PM

Match 14: KKR vs SRH, April 15 2017, 4 PM

Match 15: Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, April 15 2017, 8 PM

Match 16: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Lions, April 16 2017, 4 PM

Match 17: RCB vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 16 2017, 8 PM

Match 18: Delhi Daredevils vs KKR, April 17 2017, 4 PM

Match 19: SRH vs Kings XI Punjab, April 17 2017, 8 PM

Match 20: Gujarat Lions vs RCB, April 18 2017, 8 PM

Match 21: SRH vs Delhi Daredevils, April 19 2017, 8 PM

Match 22: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, April 20 2017, 8 PM

Match 23: KKR vs Gujarat Lions, April 21 2017, 8 PM

Match 24: Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, April 22 2017, 4 PM

Match 25: Rising Pune Supergiant vs SRH, April 22 2017, 8 PM

Match 26: Gujarat Lions vs Kings XI Punjab, April 23 2017, 4 PM

Match 27: KKR vs RCB, April 23 2017, 8 PM

Match 28: Mumbai Indians vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 24 2017, 8 PM

Match 29: RCB vs SRH, April 25 2017, 8 PM

Match 30: Rising Pune Supergiant vs KKR, April 26 2017, 8 PM

Match 31: RCB vs Gujarat Lions, April 27 2017, 8 PM

Match 32: KKR vs Delhi Daredevils, April 28 2017, 4 PM

Match 33: Kings XI Punjab vs SRH, April 28 2017, 8 PM

Match 34: Rising Pune Supergiant vs RCB, April 29 2017, 4 PM

Match 35: Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians, April 29 2017, 8 PM

Match 36: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, April 30 2017, 4 PM

Match 37: SRH vs KKR, April 30 2017, 8 PM

Match 38: Mumbia Indians vs RCB, May 1 2017, 4 PM

Match 39: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Gujarat Lion, May 1 2017, 8 PM

Match 40: Delhi Daredevils vs SRH, May 2 2017, 8 PM

Match 41: KKR vs Rising Pune Supergiant, May 3 2017, 8 PM

Match 42: Delhi Daredevils vs Gujarat Lions, May 4 2017, 8 PM

Match 43: RCB vs Kings XI Punjab, May 5 2017, 8 PM

Match 44: SRH vs Rising Pune Supergiant, May 6 2017, 4 PM

Match 45: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, May 6 2017, 8 PM

Match 46: RCB vs KKR, May 7 2017, 4 PM

Match 47: Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions, May 7 2017, 8 PM

Match 48: SRH vs Mumbai Indians, May 8 2017, 8 PM

Match 49: Kings XI Punjab vs KKR, May 9 2017, 8 PM

Match 50: Gujarat Lions vs Delhi Daredevils, May 10 2017, 8 PM

Match 51: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, May 11 2017, 8 PM

Match 52: Delhi Daredevlis vs Rising Pune Super Giant, May 12 2017, 8 PM

Match 53: Gujarat Lions vs SRH, May 13 2017, 4 PM

Match 54: KKR vs Mumbai Indians, May 13 2017, 8 PM

Match 55: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Kings XI Punjab, May 14 2017, 4 PM

Match 56: Delhi Daredevils vs RCB, May 15 2017, 8 PM

1st Qualifier: May 16 2017, 8 PM

Eliminator: May 17 2017, 8 PM

2nd Qualifier: May 19 2017, 8 PM

Final: May 21 2017, 8 PM