- By Namrata Vijay
- Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:05 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
BCCI Naman Awards 2026: The entire Indian cricket fraternity attended the BCCI Naman Awards, where the board honored both current and former players for their significant contributions to Indian cricket. This event followed a series of major tournament victories by Indian teams between 2024 and 2026. Players from the Indian men's, women's, and U-19 teams attended, along with BCCI officials.
Among the celebrations, fans noticed a mistake by the broadcasters during an on-stage interaction with the men's and women's team skippers. Harmanpreet Kaur spoke about the women's ODI World Cup win, and Suryakumar Yadav addressed the men's recent T20 victory.
The error occurred when the broadcast graphics incorrectly labeled Gill as the skipper of the Champions Trophy-winning team while he discussed India's victory.
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India won the Champions Trophy under Rohit Sharma's captaincy, with Gill on the team. Gill later became ODI captain before the Australia series.
Fans reacted promptly to this mistake, taking to social media to criticize the broadcasters.
Really???? pic.twitter.com/R0w8hrjFZq
— Rohan (@rohann__45) March 15, 2026
Ye kya Bhai bcci walo kuch to Sharam kar liya Karo gill kab captain tha champion trophy mein winning captain dikha raho champion trophy ka .. wo bol aisa rha hai jaise wahi captain tha... pic.twitter.com/BAW1TpXLiI
— Sudhanshu Rao Chandel Rajput (@qZub76dgqPkCbaj) March 15, 2026
This fraud was not the winning captain.
— Atharva Pulujkar (@atharvap99) March 15, 2026
— ` (@justrohit45) March 15, 2026
How can you mention him as winning captain
— RK (@rakkeshrajaram) March 15, 2026
Rohit was captain right?
Winning captain Rohit Sharma.... Right?
— Balaji (@balaji_318) March 15, 2026
Shubhman Gill, winning captain of ICC Champions trophy 2025 pic.twitter.com/m07rePcdpx
— Gangadhar (@gangadhar_11) March 15, 2026
What kind of PR is this ? pic.twitter.com/x3svN62n4p
— . (@edgeandgonee) March 15, 2026
Shubman Gill and Smriti Mandhana received the Best International Cricketer awards for their 2024-2025 contributions at the Naman Awards 2026.
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Gill received his second Polly Umrigar Award, while Mandhana won Best International Cricketer for the fifth time.
Ex-India cricketers like Rahul Dravid, Roger Binny, and Mithali Raj received the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the BCCI's highest honor for significant contributions to Indian cricket.
Additionally, all five Indian teams that secured major trophies were also honored: the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup, the 2025 U-19 Women’s World Cup, the 2026 Men’s U-19 World Cup, and the 2026 T20 World Cup.