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    "excerpt": "Bengaluru, June 12 (CRICKETNMORE): India captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday received the Polly Umrigar Award for being the best international cricketer for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons at the annual BCCI awards. Kohli had a brilliant 2016-17 season as he",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Bengaluru, June 13 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> India captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday received the Polly Umrigar Award for being the best international cricketer for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons at the annual BCCI awards.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli had a brilliant 2016-17 season as he went on to score 1332 runs in 13 games with an average of 74.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the limited overs format, the Delhi batsman amassed 1516 runs in 27 games at a 84.22 average.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In 2017-18 Kohli scored 896 runs at an average of 89.6 in six Test matches while in ODIs he averaged 75.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;POLLY UMRIGAR AWARD for 2016-17 season goes to #TeamIndia Skipper @imVkohli at #NAMAN,&quot; BCCI said on Twitter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The Skipper also receives the Polly Umrigar Award for his stupendous performances in the 2017-18 season too,&quot; it added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Smriti Mandhana was named the international cricketer of the year 2017-18 in the women&#39;s category while Harmanpreet Kaur received the player of the year for her phenomenal performances in the 2016-17 season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Apart from international cricketers, domestic players received the awards. Jalaj Saxena, Parvez Rasool, Krunal Pandya were all awarded for their brilliant performances in the domestic circuit.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Jalaj and Rasool were adjudged &#39;Best All Rounders&#39; in Ranji Trophy while Krunal was rewarded for his performance in the Hazare one-day championship.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Former England captain Kevin Pietersen was also present during the award ceremony and delivered the keynote address for the MAK Pataudi Memorial lecture. With this, he became the first non-Indian cricketer to deliver the opening speech of the prestigious awards.<\/p>\r\n",
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