CEAT announces winners of CEAT Cricket Rating Awards

Company press release, January 28, 2003

New Delhi

CEAT Cricket Rating today announced the winners of the 7th Annual CEAT International Cricket Rating Awards for the Year 2001-2002. Equivalent of the Oscars for the international cricket fraternity, the Awards this year, are in recognition of outstanding performance across 10 categories and include two special Awards: CEAT Greatest Influence to the Game of Cricket and CEAT Leader of the Indian Team.

The Awards comprise exclusive trophies and prize money worth Rs. 2 million.

The Award Winners are:

Awards based on CEAT Cricket Ratings

CEAT International Cricketer of the Year 2001-2002 Muttiah Muralitharan

CEAT International Team of the Year 2001-2002 Australia

CEAT International Batsman of the Year 2001-2002 Sachin Tendulkar

CEAT International Bowler of the Year 2001-2002 Muttiah Muralitharan

CEAT International Fielder of the Year 2001-2002 Ricky Ponting

Awards based on nominations by Panel of Judges

Speed CEAT Best Match Winning Performance 2001-2002 Virender Sehwag

CEAT Lifetime Achievement Award 2001-2002 Bishen Singh Bedi

CEAT Best Coach 2001-2002 Roger Binny

CEAT Best Sports Media Personality 2001-2002 Sharda Ugra

Special Awards

ICICI Lombard CEAT International Cricketer of the Century Kapil Dev

CEAT Greatest Influence to the Game of Cricket Aamir Khan

CEAT Leader of the Indian Cricket Team in association with Provogue Sourav Ganguly

Announcing the winners, Mr. Harsh Goenka, Vice Chairman, CEAT Limited, said, " We are delighted to honour the talents and hard work of the winners and celebrate their victory along with cricket enthusiasts across the globe. I congratulate our award winners and salute all those who have made it to the top ranks in the CEAT Cricket Ratings."

The CEAT Panel of Judges includes Mr. Ajit Wadekar, Mr. Ayaz Memon and Mr. Sanjay Manjrekar.

These Awards will be given this evening at the 7th International CEAT Cricket Rating Awards ceremony being held at the Police Gymkhana, Marine Drive, Mumbai.

The CEAT International Cricket Rating, now into its eighth year, comprises a Player rating and a Team rating. Performances of cricketers and cricket teams in Tests and one-day internationals from 1st May to 30th April are tracked and rated through a comprehensive & easy to understand points system. The player and team that top the rating are declared the CCR International Cricketer of the Year and the CCR International Team of the Year respectively.

Previous winners of the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year Award are Brian Lara (1995-96), Venkatesh Prasad (1996-97), Sanath Jayasuriya (1997-98), Jacques Kallis (1998-99), Sourav Ganguly (1999-00) and Muttiah Muralitharan (2000-01). The CEAT International Cricket Team Award has been won by Pakistan (1996-97), Australia (1997-98 and 1999-00) and South Africa (1998-99 and 2000-01).

The Official Partners of the 7th International CEAT Cricket Rating Awards are:

Presenting Partner - SPEED by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

Associate Partners - CEAT Radials

Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd.

Provogue

Official Partners

Insurance - ICICI Lombard

Host - Taj President

Internet - Indiatimes.com

Outdoor - Bright Advertising

Telecast - MAX and Sony Entertainment Television

Event - Cineyug Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Contact: Rafi Khan at 9810149704, Image Inc.