Indian Sports Honours: Srikanth, Sindhu feted

Australia cruised to a crushing 10-wicket win over England to go one-up in the Ashes series in the opening Test at the Gabba on Monday, with captain Steve Smith praising his team's character.

Openers David Warner and Cameron Bancroft added to England's agony by peeling off the required runs without the loss of a wicket before lunch on the final day.

Warner finished unbeaten on 87 off 119 balls with newcomer Bancroft hitting the winning runs to remain 82 not out off 182 balls in Australia's 173 without loss. In the process, they broke an 87-yearold Test record for the all-time highest unbeaten opening partnership in a successful Test chase.

"We had to show some really

good character throughout. Obviously losing the toss, and the wicket was a lot slower than we anticipated it would be. We had to work really hard," said Australian captain Steve Smith.

"I'm pleased with the way we have played. Bowling first at The Gabba, it's hard. The bowlers had to be on. The way we pulled it back to win from the position we were in it's extremely pleasing. I'm proud of the way the boys fought."

The Australians only needed 56 runs on the final morning go one up after England imploded on Sunday's fourth day. Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth, who won four Super Series titles this year, bagged the Sportsman of the Year award at the inaugural edition of Indian Sports Honours held here on Monday.

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu was the Sportswoman of the Year award in the individual sport category, a release said on Monday.

Ravichandran Ashwin, who became the fastest bowler to reach 'Club 300' in Test cricket and women's cricket team skipper Mithali Raj were awarded Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards, respectively.

While star tennis player Sania Mirza was awarded the Inspirational Honour by the jury, country's first Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra was honoured with the Transformational Contribution to Sport award. Indian Sports Honours is an initiative partnered by India skipper Virat Kohli and Sanjiv Goenka, in line with their vision to support the development of Indian sports. AWARDS: Sportsman of the year (Individual sport): Srikanth Kidambi ●Sportsman of the year (Team ) - R Ashwin

Sportswoman of the year (Individual) - P.V. Sindhu *Sportswoman of the year (Team) - Mithali Raj ●Team of the year (Men/Women) Indian Women’s Cricket Team

Coach of the year Bisveshwar Nandi ●Emerging Sportswoman of the year Aditi Ashok ●Emerging Sportsman of the year Neeraj Chopra ●Differently abled Sportsman of the year Devendra Jhajaria Differently abled Sportswoman of the year Deepa Malik