The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) gave Dilip Vengsarkar and Diana Edulji the Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday for being awesome at cricket.
Vengsarkar and Edulji did a lot for Mumbai and Indian cricket, as players and leaders. They got their awards at a fancy party at the Sharad Pawar Indoor Cricket Academy in Mumbai. The MCA also gave awards to the best cricket players in the city from the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.
Important people like C. P. Radhakrishnan, the Governor of Maharashtra, and Ashish Shelar, a government minister, gave out the awards with the MCA president, Ajinkya Naik, and other council members.
Vengsarkar was a big part of the 1983 World Cup-winning team. He was the captain of India for 10 Test matches and 18 ODIs. Later, he became the MCA Vice-President and the head of BCCI’s Selection Committee. Edulji played cricket for over 17 years and was one of the first to really push women’s cricket in India.
Prof. Ratnakar Shetty and Pravin Barve, who used to be MCA Vice-Presidents, also got the Lifetime Achievement Award for helping run cricket well.
MCA President Ajinkya Naik said that the awards show how much hard work and amazing skill there is in Mumbai cricket. He said Vengsarkar and Edulji are true legends and have done so much for Mumbai and Indian cricket. He also said that Prof. Ratnakar Shetty and Pravin Barve helped make Mumbai cricket what it is today. He’s very happy to give them the awards, and he congratulated all the winners for playing so well.
Some of the best award winners were Ajinkya Rahane, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Sayali Satghare, and Sanika Chalke.
The MCA also praised Ajinkya Rahane and the Ranji Trophy champions, as well as other Mumbai teams, for doing great in local tournaments in 2022-23 and 2023-24. They gave Sharad Pawar Scholarships to 15 really good young players to help them achieve their cricket goals.
