Roger Binny Appointed As 36th BCCI President Following Sourav Ganguly's Exit
Published - 18 Oct 2022, 03:28 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:14 AM
On Tuesday, October 18, former India National Cricket Team bowling all-rounder and a member of the selection committee, Roger Binny, who was a member of India’s 1983 World Cup-winning squad, was appointed as the 36th BCCI president following the departure of the former India National Cricket Team captain Sourav Ganguly.
The appointment of Roger Binny as the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was announced at the BCCI’s 91st Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on Tuesday. Binny, who is the first world cup winner to become the BCCI president, was the only candidate to have filed a nomination for the BCCI president’s post.
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Roger Binny, who was one of the architects of India’s World Cup victory in 1983, will step down as the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) president, the role which he took over in 2019, following his appointment as BCCI president.
Binny played 27 Tests and 72 ODIs for the India National Cricket Team between 1979-1987. He bagged 47 Test wickets and 77 ODI wickets also he scored 830 Test runs and 629 ODI runs. His biggest contribution as a player came in the 1983 World Cup where he bagged 18 wickets in 8 games.
Sourav Ganguly Was Keen To Continue As BCCI President
Former India National Cricket Team captain Sourav Ganguly had a lot of meetings with the stakeholders in New Delhi, last week, and he was keen to continue as BCCI president. However, he was not offered the position.
“Sourav was offered IPL chairmanship but he politely declined the offer. His logic was that he cannot accept becoming head of a sub-committee in BCCI after heading the same institution. He had expressed interest in continuing in the position,” the BCCI source said.
Meanwhile, Rajeev Shukla is the vice-president, Jay Shah is the secretary, Devajit Lon Saikia is the joint secretary, Ashish Shelar is the treasurer, Arun Dhumal is the IPL governing council chairman, Avishek Dalmiya is the IPL governing council member and Khairul Jamal Majumdar is the apex council member.
