The Roger Binny saga begins in BCCI

The 67-year-old, who has filed his nomination for the BCCI top post, has previously served as a member of the BCCI selection committee.

Binny’s name appeared on the BCCI’s draft electoral rolls for the elections and the Annual General Meeting (AGM) as a representative of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) instead of its secretary Santosh Menon.

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Binny is the current president of KSCA.

The election of the new set of office-bearers was a formality as all were elected unapposed.

The other BCCI office bearers, who were elected unanimously include secretary Jay Shah, Ashish Shelar (treasurer), Rajeev Shukla (vice-president) and Devajit Saikia (joint secretary).

Outgoing treasurer Arun Dhumal will be the new IPL chairman as Birjesh Patel will turn 70 next month.

At BCCI, Binny replaced former India captain Sourav Ganguly, whose three-year tenure as the board chief came to end. Ganguly will now contest for the Cricket Association of Bengal top post.

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Binny has represented India in 27 Tests and 72 One-day Internationals.DIs, has also served as a member of national selection committee.

He was one of the architects of India’s historic World Cup triumph under Kapil Dev’s captaincy in 1983.

In eight games at the Old Blighty he took 18 wickets, the highest in that edition of the tournament.