Dependable batsman of the State Govind Poddar will receive the 24th Saheed Sporting –Maruti Estate Cricketer of the Year award for the year of 2015-16, informed Sahid Sporting secretary Pankaj Patnaik.
Poddar who gathered 555 runs in 15 innings from eight matches of the Ranji trophy 2015-16 seasons. In the average of 42.69, he scored highest 153 against Assam in the home awy match and team won that.
With the brilliant performance he deserves the cricketer of the year award which carries a cash award of Rs 31,000 and trophy. The women cricketer of the year award which claimed by women cricketer Madhusmita Behera , its carries a cash award of Rs 21,000 and a trophy.
Journalists Sanatan Pani, Susanta Mohanty, Sambit Mohapatra, Suresh Swain, Sanjib Biswal, Umakanta Mishra, D Niranjan Reddy, Tapan Swain, Maruti Estate managing director Jitendra Prasad Singh and
Saheed Sporting secretary Pankaj Patnaik were the jury members and unanimously finalised the awardees name.