Roger Binny elected 36th BCCI president: Ganguly’s first reaction, new office bearers, and more

Roger Binny elected 36^th BCCI president: Ganguly’s first reaction, new office bearers, and more

The former star of the Indian cricket team and member of the 1983 World Cup winning team, Roger Binny was named as the 36th president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on October 18. He replaces Sourav Ganguly, who held the post since 2019.

This decision was taken at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of BCCI held in Mumbai.

Former India cricketer Roger Binny appointed as the next BCCI President taking over from Sourav Ganguly.

(File Pic) pic.twitter.com/Tndldfc2el

— ANI (@ANI) October 18, 2022

Roger Binny is the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association. But now he will leave this post as soon as he becomes the BCCI President. Binny has been a medium-pace bowler of his time. He played 8 matches in the 1983 World Cup, taking 18 wickets.

Roger Binny

Indian cricketer

Born: 19 July 1955 (age 67 years), Bengaluru
Spouse: Cynthia
Nationality: Indian
Children: Stuart Binny, Lisa, Stuart, Laura
Batting style: Right-handed
Number of centuries: 0
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

Let us tell you that apart from 67-year-old Roger Binny, the next set of office bearers was a mere formality as all were set to be elected unopposed. “The following members were elected as the new Office Bearers of the BCCI: (a) President: Mr. Roger Binny (b) Vice President: Mr. Rajeev Shukla (c) Secretary: Mr. Jay Shah (d) Joint Secretary: Mr. Devajit Saikia (e) Treasurer: Mr. Ashish Shelar,” the BCCI release stated.

“One representative of the General Body was elected in the Apex Council of the BCCI: (a) Mr. MKJ Majumdar. Two representatives in the Indian Premier League Governing Council were elected: (a) Mr. Arun Singh Dhumal; and (b) Mr. Avishek Dalmiya,” Binny said. It has also been revealed that BCCI will not endorse Ganguly for the post of ICC chairman and will support the current chairman Greg Barclayfor a second term.

“I wish Roger (Binny) all the best. The new group will take this forward. BCCI is in great hands. Indian cricket is strong so I wish them all the luck,” Ganguly told news agency ANI on Tuesday (October 18).

The PTI report said that a few days ago, stakeholders had a meeting with Sourav Ganguly in New Delhi. In this, Ganguly expressed his desire that he wants to continue as the BCCI President. But the stakeholders had told that this is not possible to happen. Although now report said that Ganguly was also offered the post of IPL chairman, he turned down the offer.

List of presidents of the Board of Control for Cricket in India

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	R. E. Grant Govan	1928	1933
2	Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan	1933	1935
3	Sir Hamidullah Khan	1935	1937
4	Sir K. S. Digvijaysinhji	1937	1938
5	P. Subbarayan	1938	1946
6	Anthony de Mello	1946	1951
7	J. C. Mukherji	1951	1954
8	Maharajkumar of Vizianagram	1954	1956
9	Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia	1956	1958
10	R. K. Patel	1958	1960
11	M. A. Chidambaram	1960	1963
12	Maharaja Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad	1963	1966
13	Z. R. Irani	1966	1969
14	A. N. Ghose	1969	1972
15	P. M. Rungta	1972	1975
16	Ramprakash Mehra	1975	1977
17	M. Chinnaswamy	1977	1980
18	S. K. Wankhede	1980	1982
19	N. K. P. Salve	1982	1985
20	S. Sriraman	1985	1988
21	B. N. Dutt	1988	1990
22	Madhavrao Scindia	1990	1993
23	I. S. Bindra	1993	1996
24	Raj Singh Dungarpur	1996	1999
25	A. C. Muthiah	1999	2001
26	Jagmohan Dalmiya	2001	2004
27	Ranbir Singh Mahendra	2004	2005
28	Sharad Pawar	2005	2008
29	Shashank Manohar	2008	2011
30	N. Srinivasan	2011	2013
–	Jagmohan Dalmiya	2013	2013
-30	N. Srinivasan	2013	2014
–	Shivlal Yadav	2014	2014
-26	Jagmohan Dalmiya	2015	2015
-29	Shashank Manohar	2015	2016
34	Anurag Thakur	2016	2017
–	C. K. Khanna	2017	2019
35	Sourav Ganguly	2019	2022
36	Roger Binny	2022	Incumbent

Roger Binny Career Information

An important member of the 1983 World Cup-winning team. Although Roger was a strong fielder and aggressive hitter, it was mainly his bowling that kept him in the Indian team for a long time.