Lara honored with Lifetime Achievement Award in India

West Indies Cricket legend Brian Lara was honored with a lifetime achievement award during the 2025 CEAT Cricket Rating Awards, an annual event celebrating global sports excellence.

Tyre manufacturers CEAT initiated the cricket rating system in 1995, with Lara creating history by winning the CEAT Cricketer of the Year award just one year later.

Indian legend Sunil Gavaska presented the award to the 56-year-old Lara, who holds the world record for the highest individual Test match score of 400 not out.

In a social media post, CEAT said, “Some careers set records; a few set horizons. Tonight, we honor Brian Lara with the CEAT Lifetime Achievement Award—a salute to craft, charisma, and a legacy that continues to guide how greatness is imagined.”

Former Indian leg-spinner BS Chandrasekhar also received a lifetime achievement award.

English star batsman Joe Root was named CEAT’s International Cricketer of the Year, with his compatriot Harry Brook winning the men’s Test Batsman of the Year award in a year which has seen him score over 500 runs at the Test level at an average of 53.90.

The Test Bowler of the Year award went to Sri Lanka’s Prabath Jayasuriya.

The top One-Day International (ODI) awards went to the Kiwi pair of Matt Henry, who won ODI Bowler of the Year, and batting star Kane Williamson, who was named ODI Batsman of the Year.

The T20 International Bowler of the Year award went to Indian leg-spinner Varun Chakravarthy, with Indian teammate Sanju Samson getting the top T20 International Batsman of the Year award.

In other awards, South Africa Test captain Temba Bavuma received an award for his exemplary leadership in leading the Proteas to a World Test Championship title win over Australia in June, while Indian stalwart Rohit Sharma received a special memento for leading his country to the International Cricket Council Champions Trophy earlier this year.

The Indian pair of Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma won the respective Women’s International Batter and Bowler of the Year awards.