Year Players Performance
1897 K.S.Ranjitsinhji Became second batsman,
after W.G.Grace, to
score a hundred on
debut for England
against Australia in
Test cricket.
1930 K.S.Duleepsinhji Scored 920 runs at
57.25 for Sussex county
1932 Iftikar Ali Khan Performed creditably
for Oxford University,
making 1082 runs
1933 C.K.Nayudu Made 1618 runs, with 5
centuries and 7
fifties, at 40.45 in 26
matches during India's
tour to England
1937 V M Merchant Scored 1745 runs with
three tons & 12
fifties, at 51.32 in 23
games during India's
tour of England
1947 V Mankad Scored 1120 runs and
claimed 129 wickets in
28 matches during tour
1968 M.A.K.Pataudi Scored 269 runs,
including a brilliant
148 at Leeds, in three
Tests.
1972 B.S. Chandrashekar Guided India to first
Test win in England
with a haul of six for
38 at the oval
1980 S M Gavaskar Second 1062, including
221 in the Oval Test,
in 13 first-class
matches
1983 N.Kapil Dev All-round display of
292 runs and 10 wickets
in three-Test series
1984 M Amarnath Bagged back to back Man
of the Match awards in
the semi-final and
final of the Prudential
World Cup which India
won
1987 D.B. Vengskar Scored third successive
century in as many
appearances in Tests at
Lord's
1991 M.Azharuddin Scored 426 runs in
three Tests and 770 in
9 first class matches
during the tour.
1996 A R Kumble Claimed 105 wickets at
a rate of 20.40 a piece
in 17 matches for the
Northamptonshire in the
county championship
1997 S.R.Tendulkar Made 428 runs in 3
Tests and 707 runs in 7
first-class games
during the tour
Note: The award is being given for the performance in the previous years in each of the above category.