Oct 18, 2022
By: Rahul Verma
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Roger Binny, former Indian bowler and team member of the 1983 World Cup-winning team, is named as the 36th president of the BCCI. His appointment was announced at the BCCI AGM in Mumbai. Binny replaces former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
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The 67-year-old Binny has played 27 test matches and bagged 47 wickets between 1979 and 1987. While featuring in 72 ODIs between 1980 and 1987, Binny’s biggest hour of glory was the 1983 World Cup, where he claimed 18 wickets in eight outings.
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Binny is not new to the cricket administration. A coach and former national selector, Binny was also the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) president.
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Binny has worked with the Bengal and Karnataka teams in Ranji Trophy from 2012. He was part of the national senior selection committee. But in 2015, he was removed due to a conflict of interest. Back then, his son Stuart was part of the Indian team.
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Rajeev Shukla is serving as a Vice President of BCCI. He is an Indian politician and former journalist. Shukla was elected Vice President of BCCI in 2020.
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Son of Union home minister, Amit Shah and joint secretary of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) since 2013, Jay Shah is secretary of BCCI.
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Devajit Lon Saikia is a known cricket administrator in the Northeast, Saikia has played four first-class matches for Assam. Saikia is also the advocate general, the state’s top law officer.
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A former Mumbai Cricket Association chief, Shelar is also the Mumbai BJP president. Besides being a cricket administrator, Shelar had earlier contested in the Boxing Federation of India elections for the president’s post but failed to win.
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BCCI has also ruled out Sourav Ganguly from ICC chairmanship, the board backs current chief Greg Barclay.
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