MUMBAI, India—Cricket legend Brian Lara was honoured with a lifetime achievement award during the 2025 CEAT Cricket Rating Awards on Tuesday.
Tyre manufacturers CEAT devised the cricket rating system in 1995, and Lara won the CEAT Cricketer of the Year award one year later.
The 56-year-old Lara, who holds the world record for the highest individual Test match score of 400 not out, was presented with the award by Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar.
“Some careers set records; a few set horizons.
“Tonight, we honour Brian Lara with the CEAT Lifetime Achievement Award—a salute to craft, charisma, and a legacy that continues to guide how greatness is imagined,” the CEAT post said.
Former Indian leg-spinner, BS Chandrasekhar also received a lifetime achievement award.
English star batsman Joe Root won CEAT’s International Cricketer of the Year award, with his countryman Harry Brook copping the men’s Test Batsman of the Year award in a year which has seen him scoring 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 (ODI Bowler of the Year) and batting star Kane Williamson (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 honours as the top T20 International Batsman of the Year.
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. (CMC)
