India's T20 World Cup champions raise champagne to victory!
The BCCI's Naman Awards 2026 will celebrate a golden era for Indian cricket, honouring the historic T20 World Cup-winning men's team and four other ICC title-winning squads. Top individual accolades go to Shubman Gill and Smriti Mandhana, while legends Roger Binny, Rahul Dravid, and Mithali Raj receive lifetime honours.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will honour the India national cricket team that scripted history by winning the ICC Men's T20 World Cup during its annual Naman Awards 2026, scheduled to take place on Sunday. Led by Suryakumar Yadav and coached by Gautam Gambhir, India produced a remarkable campaign to lift the T20 World Cup title earlier this year. Historic T20 World Cup triumph India defeated New Zealand national cricket team by 96 runs in the final in Ahmedabad on March 8, achieving several historic milestones.
The victory made India: The first team to win the T20 World Cup three times The first side to successfully defend the title The first team to win the tournament on home soil This landmark achievement will be the highlight of the Naman Awards ceremony. Five ICC title-winning teams to be honoured In a historic first, the BCCI will felicitate five Indian teams that recently won ICC trophies. These include: The men’s T20 World Cup-winning team (2026) The women’s team that won the ODI World Cup 2025 The men’s team that lifted the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 The Under-19 men’s team that won the U-19 World Cup 2026 The women’s Under-19 team that won the U-19 T20 World Cup 2025 The board described this as a special moment for Indian cricket, celebrating success across multiple levels of the game.
Shubman Gill and Smriti Mandhana to receive top honours Among individual awards, India’s Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill will receive the Polly Umrigar Award for Best International Cricketer (Men) for the 2024-25 season. Meanwhile, star batter Smriti Mandhana will be honoured as the Best International Cricketer (Women) for the fifth time in her career. Lifetime honours for Indian cricket legends The ceremony will also recognise some of India’s most celebrated cricketers.
Former stalwarts Roger Binny and Rahul Dravid will be conferred the Col. C. K.