By Abhishek Manroa
NEW DELHI (TheSportsNext) August 30, 2012: Indian batting legend Rahul Dravid continued to glitter among cricket stars on Wednesday when he bagged the prestigious Castrol Test Cricketer of the Year Award.In a cricket star-studded ceremony held in Bangalore, Suresh Raina received the Best Batsman in Limited Overs award while another legend Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar captured Batsman of the Year.
The ceremony was held to celebrate the highlights of Indian cricket in the Year 2011 where India won the ICC Cricket World Cup title besides registering meaningful home and away victories.
The Castrol awards cricketers for their contribution to the game loved the most in sub-continent every year and this time Ajit Wadekar was given the Lifetime Achievement Award while the young star Unmukt Chand was awarded as the Junior Cricketer of the Year.
The glittering gathering of Indian cricketers, former and present, missed Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the cancer-survivor Yuvraj Singh who were absent from the ceremony.EAS Prasanna handed the Best Bowler Award to Ravichandran Ashwin as the orthodox offspin bowler has made a huge reputation in the last year or so and was declared Man of the Match in the recently concluded Hyderabad Test where he grabbed 12 wickets in the match.
Other important award winners included
Performance in the World Cup: Yuvraj Singh
100th hundred: Sachin Tendulkar
Extraordinary double century: Virender Sehwag
Performance under pressure: Gautam Gambhir (World Cup final)
Stand-out performance under pressure: Virat Kohli
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