IND vs PAK: He's Got All The Boxes Ticked To Take Up This Post - Former Indian Coach Ravi Shastri On Roger Binny Likely To Become BCCI President

Roger Binny is likely to replace Sourav Ganguly as the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and no one has filed nominations except him. Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Jai Shah will continue as BCCI secretary for the second consecutive term.

Former Indian coach and Binny’s former teammate, Ravi Shastri said Binny ticked all the boxes to be a successful BCCI president and take Indian cricket forward. Shastri believes that a World Cup-winning player becoming president will bring a lot of changes.

Roger Binny Ticked All The Boxes To Become BCCI President – Ravi Sastri

“I’m delighted because he was my colleague in the World Cup. There’s continuity there because he was the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association. So, he moves on to become the president of the BCCI. And I’m extremely happy because he’s a World Cup winner, who’s the president for the first time in the history of the BCCI. His credentials are unquestionable. He’s got all the boxes ticked to take up this post,” Shastri told Ayaz Memon at a ‘Meet-the-media programme’ at the Mumbai Press Club.

Roger Binny Should Make Indian Cricket Spectator Friendly – Ravi Shastri

Shastri, who was also a member of India’s first World Cup win under Kapil Dev’s leadership in 1983, believes Binny’s first priority should be to make Indian cricket more spectator-friendly.

“Binny is a very amiable guy, he has got a mind of his own. He might not be a flippant type, but when he opens his mouth, I’m sure that he will be heard, especially on cricketing matters. One area that he would look into and Indian cricket must look into is the fact that you have to make Indian cricket a spectator-friendly sport, so for me, the most important thing is that the facilities at the ground should be upgraded big time. It should be insisted upon, with the kind of bucks coming into the sport, the kind of people who come into the ground, they’ve got to get the best facilities. If that happens, the popularity of the sport will soar even further,” Shastri added.

Roger Binny was the first Anglo-Indian cricketer to play for India. Binny represented India in 27 Tests and 72 ODIs between 1979 and 1987, taking 47 and 77 wickets respectively and scoring close to 1500 runs. He was a member of the World Cup-winning Indian team in 1983 and was the highest wicket-taker in that World Cup with 18 wickets.

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