Adding one more feather to his crown, opening Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir edged out his partner Virender Sehwag to be named the Castrol Cricketer of the Year 2008 at a sparkling function in Mumbai on Thursday.

The Delhi batsman scored over 1000 runs in 2008 (collectively from test matches and ODIs). As a result, he was also awarded with the "Best Batsman Of The Year" award also. Gambhir received Rs five lakh and a trophy.

Commenting on this significant achievement, Gauti said: "I never thought I would score 1000 runs in both forms of the game especially in Test cricket because at one point of time I wasn't even there in the Test team. But I think the Sri Lanka series was the turning point for my Test career."

The 27-year-old batsman has also been declared fit for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy to be held in South Africa.

The left-handed batsman missed the triangular series in Sri Lanka.

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh won the best bowler of the year award.

Dashing batsman Sehwag and Indian captain M S Dhoni were declared the Test and One-Day cricketers of the same year.