From correspondents in Sindh, Pakistan, 09:30 PM IST

Saurav Ganguly may not have come to Pakistan for the Asia Cup but the tournament's first rest day Friday completely belonged to the Prince of Calcutta.

His wife Dona basked in glory as she received the Asian Cricketer and Asian Batsman of the Year awards on behalf of her husband at the Asian Cricket Awards ceremony held here on Friday.

The former Indian captain beat his illustrious compatriot Sachin Tendulkar and Sri Lankan stars Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Muthiah Muralitharan to bag the award.

Dona was pleased to accept the awards but was unwilling to answer any questions about Sourav, who is in London caring for his ailing father.

When former Pakistan captain Rameez Raja, the MC at the ceremony, asked her to comment on 'how good a husband Ganguly was', she just smiled and left the stage saying: 'I'll tell you about that later.'

Ganguly was not the only Indian whose performance was celebrated at the Asian Awards.

Sachin Tendulkar bagged the Best ODI batsman award while Gautam Gambhir was named the Best Twenty20 batsman.

Gambhir thanked team-mate Virender Sehwag for his success.

'Most of the runs I've scored in recent times came from the bat of Sehwag,' he said pointing out that Sehwag's bat did the trick for him.

Yuvraj Singh was given a special award for his six sixes in an over in a match against England in the inaugural World Twenty Championship in South Africa last October.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)