Lakshmi Shastri, mother of former India cricketer and head coach Ravi Shastri, on Wednesday graciously accepted the Sports Journalists’ Association of Mumbai (SJAM) Lifetime Achievement Award on his behalf at a ceremony held at Bombay Gymkhana.

“It is a great privilege for me to be here today in the absence of my son, Ravi Shastri, who is in England at the moment, holding the same mic and giving commentary on the second test at Birmingham. He requested me to come here, so on his behalf, I'm extremely privileged to accept the award, Lifetime Achievement Award (sic)," she said.

At the Bombay Gymkhana, the Sports Journalists’ Association of Mumbai (SJAM) presented the Lifetime Achievement Awards on World Sports Journalists Day, with all the awardees joined by Ravi Shastri’s mother, Laxmi Shastri.

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