A three-man BCCI panel has recommended former India women’s team captain and current CoA (Committee of Administrators) member, Diana Edulji, for the prestigious CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. Along with Edulji, former India opener late Pankaj Roy will also be awarded posthumously.
The three-member panel that sent the recommendations comprised eminent journalist N Ram, acting president CK Khanna and acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary. Edulji had played 20 Tests and 34 ODIs in a career spanning over 17 years. She took 63 wickets in Tests and 46 wickets in One Day Internationals.
Pankaj Roy played 43 Tests scoring 2,442 runs with five hundreds. He will always be remembered for his world record opening stand of 413 runs with Vinoo Mankad against New Zealand in Chennai (Madras) in 1956. The record stood for 52 years.