The IPL Awards Night sponsored by Sahara happened in a Mumbai hotel on Friday evening with several senior BCCI officials missing, in another sign of the deepening rift between IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and his colleagues in the BCCI.It was well attended by Team
owners,Bollywood personalities as well as players.
The awards ceremony went ahead in the absence of BCCI president Shashank Manohar, secretary N Srinivasan and IPL vice-chairman Niranjan Shah. Those who attended included team owners Vijay Mallya (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Preity Zinta (Kings XI Punjab), Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra (Rajasthan Royals), Gayatri Reddy (Deccan Chargers) and Jai Mehta (Kolkata Knight Riders). Sunil Gavaskar, a member of the IPL Governing Coucil also attended the
meeting though many of his colleagues gave a skip of the function.
The following are the list of IPL Jury award winners at the Sahara IPL awards 2010.
Best Debut Performance – Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians), Best Batsman – Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians), Best Bowler – Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers), Best Dramatic Performance –
Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians), Most Consistent Performer – Jacques Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Best Breakthrough Performance 2008 – Brendon McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders), Best Breakthrough Performance 2009 – Anil Kumble (Royal Challengers
Bangalore), Best Fielder – AB de Villiers (Delhi Daredevils), Best Ground – Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Best Stadium Experience – DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai
