By IANS,
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar, who turns 37 Saturday, bagged the awards for best batsman and best captain at the glitzy Sahara Indian Premier League (IPL) Awards ceremony here.
The glittery event at the Grand Hyatt Friday night, however, was not attended by many of the top bosses in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Only former board president Inderjit Singh Bindra, who is principal advisor to the International Cricket Council (ICC), and Sunil Gavaskar from the governing council turned up for the show.
Tendulkar won the awards for leading Mumbai Indians to the final of the IPL and also for being the highest run scorer this season in the Twenty20 league.
Leading wicket taker Pragyan Ojha of defending champions Deccan Chargers was adjudged as the best bowler while West Indies’ Keiron Pollard, Mumbai Indians’ costliest buy in this year’s auction, got the award for the best debut performance.
The IPL awards jury was chaired by commissioner Lalit Modi and other members of the board were Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Javagal Srinath, Simon Taufel and Harsha Bogle
IPL Jury Awards:
Best Debut Performance: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
Best Batsman: Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)
Best Bowler: Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers)
Best Dramatic Performance: Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians)
Most Consistent Performer: Jacques Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Best Breakthrough Performance 2008: Brendon McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Best Breakthrough Performance 2009: Anil Kumble (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Best Fielder: AB de Villiers (Delhi Daredevils)
Best Ground: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Best Stadium Experience: DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Viewers’ Choice Awards
Best Catch: David Hussey (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Best Batsman: Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)
Best Captain: Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)
Best Bowler: Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers)
Best Commentator: Ravi Shastri
Most Stylish Player: Robin Uthappa (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Most Fan-Friendly Cricketer: Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)
Best Fielder: Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings)
Statistical Awards
Most Economical Bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin (Chennai Super Kings)
Fastest 100: Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan Royals)
Highest Percentage of Runs Scored in Boundaries: Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils)
IPL Captains’ Award
Indian Cricketing Legend I Would Want in my Team: Kapil Dev