Awards

Awarded ICC Hall of Fame 2017.

 ICC Player of the Year in 2001 and 2006.

Awarded the Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian honors.

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year in 2006.

Wisden Leading Cricketer Almanack in the World in 2006.

Awarded the National Honors in Sri Lanka.