Run-machine Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] has been nominated in ESPNCricinfo's awards list for the best ODI batsman in 2010.
Tendulkar, who scored an unbeaten 200 -- one-day cricket's first double hundred -- against South Africa [ Images ] in Gwalior on February 24, is among ten batsmen in the list, which includes compatriots Virender Sehwag [ Images ] and young Virat Kohli [ Images ].
India's [ Images ] ever reliable VVS Laxman [ Images ] earned a nomination for the best Test batsman. Out the 10 nominations, the stylish Hyderabadi has?three.
His fantastic knocks -- 73 not out against Australia [ Images ] in Mohali, 103 not out against Sri Lanka [ Images ] in Colombo and 96 against South Africa in Durban -- make him one of the favourites for the award.
Sehwag is?also?nominated in this category for his fighting 109 against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Galle.
Young left-hander Suresh Raina [ Images ] was nominated in the best Twenty20 [ Images ] batsmen category for his whirlwind 101 against South Africa during the World Twenty20 at St Lucia.
Left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra [ Images ] is in the running for the best ODI bowler award, for his four-wicket effort against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final in Dambulla.
India's spin spearhead Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] is in the running in?the best Test bowling performance category for his five for 59 against South Africa in the second Test at Kolkata [ Images ].
However, there is no Indian nominated for the best Twenty20 bowling performance.
In the best ODI batsman category, Sehwag also finds a nomination for his 110-run knock against New Zealand [ Images ] in Dambulla on a tricky, bowling-friendly pitch.
Kohli was nominated?on the basis of his 118-run innings against Australia in Visakhapatnam [ Images ] where India was set a target of 290 and had stumbled to 35 for two.
But with his gritty knock and help from Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] and Raina, Kohli put India back on track.
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