Former India head coach Ravi Shastri sounded elated with the prospect that Roger Binny might change into the subsequent BCCI president. Shastri heaped praises on his shut buddy and former teammate.
Mumbai,UPDATED: Oct 12, 2022 23:17 IST
File picture of Roger Binny with Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri. (Courtesy; PTI)
By India Today Web Desk: Former India head coach Ravi Shastri is delighted with the prospect that his former teammate Roger Binny might change into the subsequent Board of Control for Cricket in India president. It is broadly being reported within the Indian media that Sourav Ganguly’s tenure because the BCCI president would possibly quickly come to an finish, and Binny appears to be among the many frontrunners to choose up the place.
“Roger’s name has come up and I am delighted. He was my colleague in the World Cup. There is continuity here because he was the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association and now, he moves on to become the president of the BCCI. I am extremely happy because it’s a World Cup winner who is the president for the first time in the history of the BCCI,” Shastri was quoted as saying by Sportstar throughout an interplay on the Mumbai Press Club on Wednesday, 12 October.
Shastri mentioned that Binny would possibly herald contemporary vitality within the BCCI and do new issues beneath his tenure. Sourav Ganguly’s presidency tenure has been a lifetime of highs and lows with BCCI getting criticised for his or her dealing with of ladies’s cricket within the nation. On the opposite hand, beneath the regime of Ganguly and Shah, the BCCI had been in a position to offered document rights for the Indian Premier League in 2022.
“As I read in the media, I don’t think anyone had a second term as president. So, the way things stand, it gives an opportunity for another cricketer. Nothing is permanent in life and you can only do certain things for so long and then you have to move on,” Shastri mentioned. “Something I am doing today does not mean I will do the same thing for three years from now. There will be new people coming in, new people taking over. In a way, it’s healthy,” he mentioned.
“Being a cricketer himself, he will ensure that the interest of cricketers is paramount, not the A tier that will sustain itself, but the grassroot level. Primarily, domestic cricket. I think it has been given a lot of attention to, but can be given a lot more attention,” Shastri concluded.
