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Roger Michael Humphrey Binny (born 19 July 1955) is an Indian former international cricketer who is the 36th and incumbent president of Board of Control for Cricket in India. He was the president of Karnataka State Cricket Association (2019–22). [1]

Roger Binny
Binny in 2018
36th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 October 2022
Preceded by	Sourav Ganguly
Personal information
Full name	Roger Michael Humphrey Binny
Born	(1955-07-19) 19 July 1955 (age 67) Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Batting	Right-handed batsman
Bowling	Right-arm fast medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Stuart Binny (son) Mayanti Langer (daughter-in-law)
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 148)	21 November 1979 v Pakistan
Last Test	13 March 1987 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 30)	6 December 1980 v Australia
Last ODI	9 October 1987 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI Matches 27 72 Runs scored 830 629 Batting average 23.06 16.13 100s/50s 0/5 0/1 Top score 83 57 Balls bowled 2870 2957 Wickets 47 77 Bowling average 32.64 29.35 5 wickets in innings 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 8/101 4/29 Catches/stumpings 11 12
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Binny was head coach of world cup winning Indian under-19 team in 2000 and was a national selector. He worked in Asian Cricket Council as development officer for brief period of time. [1]

His son, Stuart Binny, is a cricketer, plays in Indian domestic cricket, and has played for the India National Cricket Team.

Binny was part of the 1983 Cricket World Cup winning squad of India and was the highest wicket taker for team India.

Family and background

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Binny is the first Anglo-Indian of Scottish origin who played cricket for team India.[2] His son, Stuart Binny, followed his footsteps, having played state cricket for Karnataka cricket team, and international cricket for the India national cricket team.

Career

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Roger Binny is best known for his impressive bowling performance in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, in which he was the highest wicket-taker (18 wickets), and in the 1985 World Series Cricket Championship in Australia where he repeated this feat (17 wickets).[3]

Binny did Test cricket debut at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore against Pakistan, in the first test of 1979 series. Against the bowling line-up of Imran Khan and Sarfraz Nawaz, he performed good and scored 46 on debut. He was a swing baller and one of the best fielder in that team.[4]

His Test career was not stellar, but he and fellow Pace bowler Karsan Ghavri were helpful in getting the shine off the new ball before India's famous bowlers could take over. Binny and Ghavri (along with wicket-keeper Syed Kirmani) were also credited with saving many test matches for India. When the top batting order collapsed, Binny could be counted to hold the batting down so as to avoid innings defeats or drag the match to a draw. Binny, however, came into his own in the World Cup. The wickets suited his medium-pace, along with Madan Lal, under the leadership of Kapil Dev, Binny helped India win their first World Cup title.[5]

Binny was the president of Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA). He worked as a pundit for NewsX, during the 2011 ICC cricket world cup. On 27 September 2012, Binny was appointed as one of the five members of the selection panel of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.[6] He was elected as the president of BCCI on 18 October 2022. In the election, no one contested against him. He succeeded Sourav Ganguly .[7][8]

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

No.	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	Australia	County Ground, Chelmsford	20 June 1983	India won by 118 runs.[9]

In popular culture

Bollywood Director Kabir Khan has made a sports drama film named 83 about India's first world cup win in 1983 at Lord's, in which, Nishant Dahiya plays the role of Roger Binny.[10][11][12][13]

See also

• Sport in India - Sporting culture overview of India
• 1983 Cricket World Cup Final

Bibliography

• Sundaresan, P.N. "India's Internationals Keen to be Tested", ABC Cricket Book: New Zealand, India in Australia 1980-81, ed. McGilvray, A., Australian Broadcasting Commission: Sydney. ISBN 0 642 97549 3.

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