The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) rolled out the red carpet on April 22 to honour Mumbai cricket’s enduring excellence. From seasoned stalwarts to emerging prodigies, the ceremony saluted several Mumbai stars for their contributions in the 2024-25 and the 2025-26 cricket seasons.
The association also honoured India’s World Cup winners hailing from Mumbai across men, women and Under-19 categories from the past couple of years.
The ceremony was organised in Mumbai on Wednesday, amidst the hype and hoopla of the coinciding IPL 2026 season. Here, we take a look at the entire list of winners, as emerged out of the MCA Awards 2026.
MCA honour domestic stars for 2024-25, 2025-26 seasons
Mumbai’s domestic circuit, steeped in a legacy of unparalleled success, has long been the cornerstone of Indian cricket’s talent pipeline. With a culture built on discipline and consistency, several Mumbai domestic cricketers have now been recognised by the MCA at the awards ceremony for their contributions in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 Indian domestic seasons.
Among the biggest names that grabbed the honours, India’s U19 World Cup winner Abhigyan Kundu won the Late Shri Shantibai Seth Trophy under the ‘Best Junior Cricketer’ category for the year 2024-25.
Ace all-rounder Shams Mulani also won a couple of awards, while forgotten Indian star and Mumbai veteran Shardul Thakur bagged the Best Ranji Trophy Cricketer of the Year 2024-25. Here is a look at all winners of the MCA Awards at the domestic level for the seasons 2024-25 and 2025-26.
MCA Awards 2026: 2024-25 Season Award Winners
Awards
Winners
Special Prize for the Best Junior Cricketer (Women’s)
Ira Jadhav
Late Shri S.S. Rangnekar Award – Best Junior Cricketer (Under-14)
Shane Raza
Late Kumar M.V. Dabhir Award – Best Junior Cricketer (Under-16)
Advait Bhat
Special Prize for Outstanding Performance – Best Junior Cricketer (Under-16)
Tanish Shetty
Late Shri B. Banerjee Award – Best Fast Bowler (Under-19)
Hrishikesh Gore
Late Shri L.P. Jai Award – Best Junior Cricketer (Under-19)
Naman Pushpak
Late Shri Shantibai Seth Trophy – Best Junior Cricketer
Abhigyan Kundu
Special Prize for the Best Senior Cricketer (Women’s)
Vrushali Bhagat
Special Prize for Outstanding Performance – Men’s U-23
Ayush Vartak
Late Shri Shavak Paghdiwala Trophy (Highest Wickets in Ranji Trophy 2024-25 & 2025-26) & Special Prize for Fastest Century in Ranji Trophy 2024-25
Shams Mulani
Late Shri S.V. Rajadyaksha Trophy (Highest Runs in Ranji Trophy 2024-25 & 2025-26) & Justice Tendolkar Trophy – Best Senior Cricketer 2025-26
Siddhesh Lad
Sharad Pawar Scholarship 2024-25
Naman Pushpak, Neeraj Dhumal, Shaurya Rai, Sanmaya Upadhyay, Ira Jadhav, Yayati Gawad
Contribution towards Upgradation of Maidan Facilities
Dipesh Nirupan
Best Senior Tournament Organisers
Purshottam Shield
Best Junior Tournament Organisers
Shamrao Thosar Shield
Best Performing Team in Local Tournaments
MIG CC (Kanga League 2nd, President Cup Winner, Women’s League B Div 2nd, Bhama Cup Winner, Young Comrade Semi-finalist)
Club Providing Ground for Maximum MCA Matches
LIC Cricket Club, Cross Maidan
Glory of the Maidan Award
Daya Dudhwadkar
Lifetime Achievement Award – Cricketer
Chandrakant Patankar
Lifetime Achievement Award – Administrator
Ravindra Savant
Dattu Phadkar Award – Best Ranji Trophy Cricketer of the Year & Justice Tendolkar Trophy – Best Senior Cricketer 2024-25
Shardul Thakur
MCA Awards 2026: 2025-26 Season Award Winners
Awards
Winners
Special Prize for the Best Junior Cricketer (Women’s)
Sanmaya Upadhyay
Late Shri S.S. Rangnekar Award – Best Junior Cricketer (Under-14)
Shreyas Khilare
Late Kumar M.V. Dabhir Award – Best Junior Cricketer (Under-16)
Ayush Shete
Special Prize for the Best Junior Cricketer (Under-16) & Late Shri Shantibai Seth Trophy – Best Junior Cricketer
Karthik Kumar
Late Shri B. Banerjee Award – Best Fast Bowler (Under-19)
Vedant Bane & Sarthak Bhide
Late Shri L.P. Jai Award – Best Junior Cricketer (Under-19)
Harsh Aghav
Special Prize for the Best Senior Cricketer (Women’s)
Sayali Satghare
Special Prize for Outstanding Performance – Men’s U-23
Dr D Y Patil Sports Academy (Padmakar Talim Shield, Young Comrade, Women’s League C Div, President Cup Women’s C & D Div)
Club Providing Ground for Maximum MCA Matches
Western Railway Cross Maidan
Special Award for Contribution to Women’s Cricket
Surekha Bhandare
Glory of the Maidan Award
A. R. Kamath
Lifetime Achievement Award – Cricketer
Shobha Pandit
Lifetime Achievement Award – Administrator
Shrikant Tigdi
MCA recognize Mumbai’s champion teams
The 2024-25 Indian domestic season was also a proficient one for Mumbai cricket in general, in terms of collecting trophies. For instance, the Mumbai cricket team won the 2024-25 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy by defeating Madhya Pradesh in the final.
The Mumbai Women’s team also won the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy 2024-25, doing so for the second time in succession. Here is a list of all six domestic Indian trophies collected by Mumbai cricket teams in the 2024-25 season.
Domestic Champion Teams 2024-25 trophies
Championship wins by Mumbai in 2024-25
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Senior Women’s T20 Trophy
Under-14 West Zone Championship
Under-23 Women’s One-Day Trophy
Vijay Merchant Trophy (Under-16)
Women’s Under-15 One-Day Trophy
World Cup honours aplenty for Mumbai icons
Over the past year-and-a-half, several Indian cricket teams have clinched ICC World Cup trophies. Incidentally, it was Mumbai teenager Ayush Mhatre who led the India U19 team to victory of the 2026 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup. He was also accompanied by fellow Mumbai cricketer Abhigyan Kundu.
A couple of months later, another Mumbai icon, Suryakumar Yadav, led the Indian national side to a historic 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup win. Mumbai’s experienced all-rounder Shivam Dube was also one of the winning members of the team.
Women’s cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues played a key role in India’s 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup win on home soil. Mumbai youngster Sanika Chalke, meanwhile, served the India Women’s U19 team as its vice-captain in their victorious 2025 ICC Women’s U19 World Cup campaign in Malaysia last year.
Mumbai members in ICC World Cup Honours
ICC Tournament
Winning members from Mumbai
ICC Under-19 Men’s World Cup 2026 Winners
Ayush Mhatre (c), Abhigyan Kundu
ICC Under-19 Women’s World Cup 2025 Winner
Sanika Chalke (vc)
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Winners
Jemimah Rodrigues, Amol Muzumdar, Aavishkar Salvi
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Winners
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shivam Dube
Hattrick of BCCI Best Association Award
Mumbai Cricket Association
To sum up, the MCA Awards 2026 has reaffirmed Mumbai’s enduring legacy as a powerhouse of Indian cricket.
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MCA Awards 2026 winners [Source: AP]
