Former captain Dilip Vengsarkar on Friday&nbsp;received the prestigious BCCI-instituted Col. C K Nayudu&nbsp;Lifetime achievement award for his contribution to Indian&nbsp;cricket.
The 58-year-old Vengsarkar played 116 Test matches after&nbsp;coming into national prominence with a belligerent hundred for&nbsp;Mumbai against the Rest of India in the Irani Cup game at the&nbsp;start of the 1975-76 season.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/nov/rasool-award.jpg" alt="Parvez Rasool" />BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel felicitates J&amp;K all-rounder Parvez Rasool at the BCCI award in Mumbai on Friday.&nbsp;
He was a member of the Indian team that won the World Cup&nbsp;in 1983 and the World Championship of Cricket in 1985, and he&nbsp;led India in 10 Tests in 1987-89. He was Chairman of the&nbsp;BCCI's Talent Research Development Committee for three years,&nbsp;and the Chairman of the All-India Senior Selection Committee&nbsp;for the period, 2006-08.
"I thank BCCI for this honour. Looking at the names of&nbsp;players who have won the award makes me proud to be part of&nbsp;this select group," said Vengsarkar.
Vengsarkar also thanked his school (King George of old&nbsp;and Raja Shivaji now), Podar College, Mumbai university, Dadar&nbsp;Union club and also former BCCI joint secretary Prof.&nbsp;Chandgadkar for the help they gave him during his playing&nbsp;days.
"I dreamed of playing for Mumbai and then for India and I&nbsp;enjoyed every innings, Test match, ODI and every tour as part&nbsp;of the Indian team," said Vengsarkar, who received the award&nbsp;from Board's interim president Shivlal Yadav.
He also wished the Indian cricket team success in the&nbsp;upcoming tour of Australia for which the team is to depart&nbsp;later tonight as well as in the World Cup that follows.
Indian medium-pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rohit Sharma,&nbsp;both members of the squad that is to leave for Australia&nbsp;tonight, were also rewarded for their stupendous displays in&nbsp;the season.
Kumar received the Polly Umrigar award and a cheque of Rs&nbsp;5 lakh for his superb display with the ball and bat while&nbsp;Sharma received a special award for slamming a world record&nbsp;264 in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka in the recent series.&nbsp;
"It's a great feeling to get the award. It will motivate&nbsp;me to do better," said Kumar.

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Former captain Dilip Vengsarkar received the prestigious BCCI-instituted Col. C K Nayudu&nbsp;Lifetime achievement award for his contribution to Indian&nbsp;cricket on Friday, even as&nbsp;Indian medium-pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rohit Sharma were rewarded for their stupendous displays in&nbsp;the season

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