Syed Kirmani is the winner of the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by the Board for Control for Cricket in India.
About Syed Kirmani
- Popularly known as 'Kiri', Syed Kirmani is generally regarded as the finest wicket keeper to play for India.
- Kirmani made his debut against New Zealand and in the second test equalled the world record of six victims in an innings.
- Kirmani was awarded the Padma Sri in 1982 for his contribution to Indian cricket. 
The previous winners of the C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award are:
1994 -Lala Amarnath
1995 -Syed Mushtaq Ali
1996 -Capt. Vijay Hazare
1997 -K.N. Prabhu
1998 -P. R. Umrigar
1999 -Col. Hemachandra Adhikari
2000 -Subhash Gupte
2001 -Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
2002 -Bhausaheb Nimbalkar
2003 -Chandrakant Borde
2004 -B.S. Bedi, B. Chandrasekhar, EAS Prasanna, S. Venkataraghvan
2007 -Nariman Contractor