Inderjit Singh Bindra

Inderjit Singh Bindra, also known as I. S. Bindra, is a cricket administrator who was the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1993 to 1996.

Inderjit Singh Bindra
23rd President of BCCI
In office 1993–1996
Preceded by	Madhavrao Scindia
Succeeded by	Raj Singh Dungarpur

Life and career

A former Indian Administrative Service (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 Zail Singh, 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.^[1]

Bindra was elected the President of the BCCI in 1993 and held the post until 1996. Bindra, N. K. P. Salve and Jagmohan Dalmiya were responsible for getting the Cricket World Cup hosting rights to the Indian subcontinent in 1987^[2] and 1996.^[3] Bindra also worked as the principal advisor of the International Cricket Council (ICC) when Sharad Pawar was its president.^[4]

Bindra was criticized by BCCI officials for supporting Lalit Modi during the match fixing crisis, and for endorsing Haroon Lorgat for the role of the CEO of Cricket South Africa.^[5] He retired from cricket administration in 2014.^[6]

In 2015, the PCA Stadium in Mohali was renamed after Bindra as the "Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium".^[7] He was also an advisor in the formation of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and was later the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s Principal Advisor.

References

1. "Inderjit Singh Bindra unanimously elected as Punjab Cricket Association chairman". Zee News. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
2. Mathur, Amrit (22 December 2014). "The World Cup leaves England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
3. Mathur, Amrit (24 January 2015). "Working the World Cups". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
4. "IS Bindra calls time, steps aside from cricket administration". The Indian Express. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
5. Karhadkar, Amol (7 September 2013). "BCCI likely to reprimand Bindra". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
6. Karhadkar, Amol (22 August 2014). "IS Bindra to retire from cricket administration". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
7. "PCA stadium named after I S Bindra". Times of India. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.