Grateful And Honoured, Says Jasprit Bumrah After Shinning At BCCI Awards

Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday headlined the BCCI Annual Awards function, grabbing the prestigious Polly Umrigar award apart from annexing the Dilip Sardesai honour for his exploits in international cricket in the 2018-19 season

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Updated on: 13 January 2020 10:51 am

Pacer Jasprit Bumrah said he is 'grateful and honoured' after bagging prestigious Polly Umrigar Award (2018-19) for being the best international cricketer at the BCCI Annual Awards on Sunday. (More Cricket News)

Bumrah was also bestowed with Dilip Sardesai Award for taking the highest number of wickets in Test cricket 2018-19.

The 26-year-old pacer took to Twitter and wrote: "Grateful and honoured to be taking these two awards home tonight."

Grateful and honoured to be taking these two awards home tonight. ðÂÂÂ pic.twitter.com/Q8kOunzhoP
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) January 12, 2020

Bumrah, currently top-ranked ODI owler, had made his Test debut during India's tour of South Africa in January 2018.

He has picked up five-wicket hauls in South Africa, England, Australia and the West Indies to become the first and only Asian bowler to achieve the milestone.

The 26-year-old has 62 wickets to his name in the longest format of the game and 103 scalps from 58 ODIs.