Roger Binny: a cricketer, a gentleman and 'Ajaatshatru'

The 36th president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) can be termed in one word 'Ajaatshatru' -- a person without any enemies.

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In his first interaction with the media after succeeding former India skipper Sourav Ganguly as the new BCCI president, India's 1983 World Cup winner Roger Binny spelled out his top priority for now: investigating why India's premier pacers are breaking down frequently.

While in terms of pure cricketing achievements, his immediate predecessor Sourav Ganguly would be miles ahead but if looked in isolation, the reticent man from Bengaluru isn't short of pedigree and could be quietly assertive as and when he wants to. The BCCI couldn't have had a better choice as a player administrator at the helm than Binny, who will easily go down in the history of Indian cricket as one of most hardworking, honest cricketers to have graced the game.

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In his near four-and-a-half decade association with the sport, Binny has only earned friends -- as a state level player in a star-studded Karnataka team that had stars like Gundappa Viswanath, Erapalli Prasanna, Syed Kirmani, Brijesh Patel, AV Jayaprakash in its ranks. He was an immensely popular member of the 1980s Indian team where he and Madan Lal did play a supporting role to Kapil Dev's strike bowler act for a good seven to eight years. He had his moments under the sun for the Indian team and the 1983 World Cup was as