IS Bindra, former BCCI President who also served as the president of the Punjab Cricket Association, passes away aged 84.
IS Bindra, the 84-year-old former president of the BCCI, passed away in New Delhi on Sunday.
Bindra led the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) for 36 years, from 1978 to 2014, when he retired from cricket administration. He also presided over the BCCI from 1993 to 1996. With important games being played there, like as the 2011 globe Cup semi-final in which India defeated Pakistan in front of the prime ministers of both nations, he put the PCA Stadium in Mohali—later named after him—on the map of the globe.
The 1987 World Cup was held in India thanks in large part to Bindra and former BCCI presidents NKP Salve and Jagmohan Dalmiya. It was the first time the World Cup was held outside of England, and Bindra was instrumental in helping the Asian countries—led by India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka—work together to ensure that the World Cup would be held in the subcontinent for the first time.
Former India team manager and senior BCCI official Amrit Mathur claims that Bindra proposed to Pakistan’s military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq that he travel to India to end the impasse when Australia and England voiced security concerns following the escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan in 1986.
In his memorial to Dalmiya, who passed away in 2015, Bindra wrote that “cricket fans the world over need to remember the modern game and the way it is currently administered would have been very different had it not been for Jaggu.” Despite their stark differences, Bindra wrote this.