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During the ceremony, twelve awards were given for best performance
in the game of cricket to personalities such as Roger Binny and
Sharda Ugra for the Ceat best coach award and Ceat best sports media
personality respectively. Bishen Singh Bedi was awarded the Ceat
lifetime achievement award. The Ceat international team of the year
award went to Australia.
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Bollywood
star Aamir Khan, Sri Lankan cricketer Murali and Ceat India
vice chairman Harsh Goenka at the seventh Ceat ratings awards
presentation ceremony |
The audience was hysterical when the two special awards were declared
- Ceat greatest influence to the game of cricket award, which was
presented to Aamir Khan for the success of Lagaan and the
Ceat outstanding performance as the leader of the Indian cricket
team award, which was presented to Sourav Ganguly, in association
with Provogue.
Some of the well-known faces that dotted the guest list were Clive
Lloyd, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Ajit Wadekar, Saurav Ganguly,
Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Aamir Khan, Anil Kapoor, Tina Ambani,
Sunil Shetty and Mana, Dimple Kapadia, Poonam Dhillon.
The hosts for the show were Cyrus Broacha and Malaika Arora who
presented the entire show in their inimitable way.
The ceremony saw a mélange of various entertainment acts,
on a spectacular set with a giant cricket ball and laser lights,
by Bollywood stars which left the 5000 plus audience mesmerized.
The show started with a brilliant song and drama in which Malaika
Arora, who impersonated the World Cup trophy, being chased by dancers
with costumes representing the twelve participating international
cricket teams.
Saif Ali Khan tried his hands on playing cricket in an entertaining
act, which was followed by a scintillating performance by Shilpa
Shetty, who was shown looking for her dream lover in the cricket
team, Sachin. Javed Jaffrey once again made the crowd roar with
laughter, in a unique rendition of a test match commentary act,
presented in his inimitable style.
After all, cricket is no longer a game; it has become an entertainment
soap opera called "cricktainment"!
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