TIL Desk Sports/ India”s pace sensation Jasprit Bumrah has received the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award (2018-19) for being the best international cricketer at the BCCI Annual Awards here. Currently ranked as the world no.1 ODI bowler, Bumrah had made his Test debut during India”s tour of South Africa in January 2018.
He has picked up five-wicket hauls in South Africa, England, Australia and the West Indies to become the first and only Asian bowler to achieve the milestone. The 26-year-old has 62 wickets to his name in the longest format of the game and 103 scalps from 58 ODIs.
Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav, who had recently received the Arjuna Award, was given the best international cricketer (women) award. Teenager Shafali Verma (15) won a couple of awards for her outstanding performances. She was awarded the best international debutant and best woman cricketer in junior domestic cricket.
In nine T20 matches, Shafali scored 222 runs at 27.75 with two half-centuries. At the domestic circuit, overall she scored 1,923 runs at 46.90 in 46 matches with seven centuries and five half-centuries including One Day and T20 (She played Senior, U23, U19).
