Inderjit Singh Bindra, also known as I. S. Bindra, is a cricket administrator who was the

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

of the

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(BCCI) from 1993 to 1996.

Life and career

A former

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(IAS) officer, Bindra, has had an over four-decade long association with cricket administration since 1975. He was the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) president for nearly three decades. He rose to the role of the Special Secretary to the President of India, Giani

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, in the 1980s. Mr. Bindra's stellar role in staging the Reliance World Cup in 1987 and opening up the Indian cricket television market is forever lauded by all. India's stature in world cricket improved tremendously when its financial muscle, mainly due to Mr. Bindra's efforts, increased. Bindra served as the President of the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) from 1978 to 2014. In 2015, he was elected as the Chairman of PCA. Bindra was elected the President of the BCCI in 1993 and held the post until 1996. Bindra, N. K. P. Salve and

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were responsible for getting the

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hosting rights to the Indian subcontinent in 1987 and

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

. Bindra also worked as the principal advisor of the

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(ICC) when

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was its president. Bindra was criticized by BCCI officials for supporting Lalit Modi during the match fixing crisis, and for endorsing

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for the role of the CEO of

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. He retired from cricket administration in 2014. In 2015, the PCA Stadium in

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was renamed after Bindra as the " Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium". He was also an advisor in the formation of the

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(IPL) and was later the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s Principal Advisor.

References

Living people People from Punjab, India Indian cricket administrators Presidents of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-cricket-bio-stub