CEAT awards Lara and Chandrasekhar, Rohit honoured, ICC POTM nominees

At a gala awards ceremony in Mumbai on October 7, the annual CEAT Cricket Ratings event honoured a range of international and domestic performers, presenting lifetime-achievement awards and recognising season-long excellence, while the International Cricket Council separately named its Player of the Month nominees for September. Rohit Sharma received a special memento in recognition of captaining India to the 2025 Champions Trophy, and awards were handed to leading performers across formats, underscoring a year of notable individual and team achievements.

The CEAT ceremony presented lifetime achievement awards to West Indies great Brian Lara and Indian spin legend B.S. Chandrasekhar. Joe Root was named International Cricketer of the Year, Harry Brook won Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year, and Prabath Jayasuriya was honoured as Men’s Test Bowler of the Year. Other winners included Kane Williamson as Men’s ODI Batter of the Year, Matt Henry as Men’s ODI Bowler of the Year, Sanju Samson as T20I Batter of the Year, Varun Chakravarthy as T20I Bowler of the Year, Smriti Mandhana as Women’s Batter of the Year, and Deepti Sharma as Women’s Bowler of the Year. The Emerging Player of the...