Castrol Asian Batsman and Bowler in test cricket
Kumar and Muttiah winners
Kumar Sangakkara and Muttiah Muralitharan won the Castrol Asian
Batsman and Bowler awards in test cricket respectively at an award
function held in Karachi. Sourav Ganguly capped a memorable comeback by
becoming the first recipient of the Castrol Asian Cricketer of the Year
Award.
Ganguly has had a series of successful innings since his return to
the Indian cricket team during the South African tour of 2006-07. The
Prince of Kolkata put together some outstanding batting performances
during 2007 - his best innings being the 239 against Pakistan at
Bangalore in December 2007.
For his outstanding batting performance during the year, Sourav also
received the overall Castrol Asian Batsman of the Year Award. The
overall Castrol Asian Bowler of the Year Award was won by Muttiah
Muralitharan who also entered the record book in 2007, becoming the
highest wicket taker in test matches.
The Castrol Asian Wicket Keeper / Fielder of the Year awards was won
by Kamran Akmal.
The Castrol Asian Awards are based on the Castrol Performance Index -
a comprehensive points system which takes into consideration batting,
bowling and fielding performances of each player against all teams in
all international matches, in all three formats - Test, ODIs and T20,
during a calendar year.
The inaugural Castrol Asian Cricket Awards ceremony was hosted by
former Pakistani cricketer Rameez Raja and was attended by cricketers
from several Asian countries participating in the ongoing Asia Cup.
The awards were given away by legendary Asian cricketers like Wasim
Akram, Sanath Jayasuriya, Wasim Bari, Asif Iqbal and Zahir Abbas.
Besides the overall category, the Castrol Awards were also given away
for the Castrol Asian Batsman and Bowler in ODIs - Sachin Tendulkar and
P Maharoof and Castrol Asian Batsman and Bowler in T20 - Gautam Gambhir
and Umar Gul. A special award was also given away to Yuvraj Singh for
his World Record of six sixes in an over in T20.
Besides the awards mentioned above, the Castrol Pakistan Awards for
Cricketing Excellence for performances by Pakistan cricketers, were also
given away.
Shoaib Malik was declared the Castrol Pakistan Cricketer of the Year
whilst the legendary Hanif Mohammed was felicitated with the Castrol
Pakistan Lifetime Achievement Award. Ahmad Shezad was declared the
Castrol Pakistan Junior Cricketer of the Year. |