Polly Umrigar Award

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{{short description|Part of the BCCI Indian cricket awards}}
{{Infobox award|year=2006-07|year2=2018-19|most_awards=[[Virat Kohli]] (5)|country=[[India]]|presenter=[[Board of Control for Cricket in India]]}}

The '''Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year''' is one of the [[BCCI Awards]], awarded to Indian cricketers for outstanding performance in international cricket.
== History ==
The award was instituted in 2007, with [[Sachin Tendulkar]] being the first recipient.

== Award ==
The award includes a trophy, citation, and cash prize of [[Indian rupee|Rs.]] 1.5 million.

==List of recipients==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Recipient
!References
|-
|2006-07
|[[Sachin Tendulkar]]
|
|-
|2007-08
|[[Virender Sehwag]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/sehwag-to-get-polly-umrigar-award-555086.html|title=Sehwag to get Polly Umrigar award|date=2009-02-08|website=News18|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>
|-
|2008-09
|[[Gautam Gambhir]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-44512220091206|title=Gambhir named India's cricketer for 2008-09 season|date=2009-12-06|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-02-11|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2009-10
|[[Sachin Tendulkar]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/sachin-tendulkar-to-get-polly-umrigar-trophy-in-bcci-awards/articleshow/8318581.cms|title=Sachin Tendulkar to get Polly Umrigar Trophy in BCCI awards|date=2011-05-14|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>
|-
|2010-11
|[[Rahul Dravid]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/dravid-to-get-polly-umrigar-award/article2654090.ece|title=Dravid to get Polly Umrigar award|date=2011-11-24|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-02-11|others=PTI|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/dravid-to-get-polly-umrigar-trophy-in-bcci-awards/story-ukoyn9vbKSHHbKbs2ZLGNN.html|title=Dravid to get 'Polly Umrigar' Trophy in BCCI Awards|date=2011-11-23|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>
|-
|2011-12
|[[Virat Kohli]]
|
|-
|2012-13
|[[Ravichandran Ashwin]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/poly-umrigar-award-for-ashwin/article5503936.ece|title=Poly Umrigar award for Ashwin|date=2013-12-26|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-02-11|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
|2013-14
|[[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/bhuvneshwar-kumar-bcci-awards-polly-umrigar-award-227672-2014-11-18|title=Bhuvneshwar Kumar to get Polly Umrigar award for best cricketer|last=MumbaiNovember 18|first=IANS|last2=November 24|first2=2014UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11|last3=Ist|first3=2014 21:13}}</ref>
|-
|2014-15
|[[Virat Kohli]]
|
|-
|2015-16
|[[Virat Kohli]]
|
|-
|2016-17
|[[Virat Kohli]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/010317/virat-kohli-ravichandran-ashwin-bag-polly-umrigar-dilip-sardesai-awards.html|title=Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin bag Polly Umrigar, Dilip Sardesai awards|date=2017-03-01|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>
|-
|2017-18
|[[Virat Kohli]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/virat-kohli-to-receive-polly-umrigar-award-harmanpreet-kaur-to-be-honoured/story-B7YMo7vVX2WSprr9WnlpoM.html|title=Virat Kohli to receive Polly Umrigar award, Harmanpreet Kaur to be honoured|date=2018-06-07|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>
|-
|2018-19
|[[Jasprit Bumrah]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/jasprit-bumrah-receives-polly-umrigar-and-dilip-sardesai-awards-at-bcci-annual-function/articleshow/73217119.cms|title=Jasprit Bumrah receives Polly Umrigar and Dilip Sardesai awards at BCCI annual function - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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