CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Roger Binny is currently the BCCI president after he took over the post from former India cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly was the BCCI Chairman from 2019 to 2022. Binny became the 36th president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) just before the T20 World Cup.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ganguly was unanimously elected as the BCCI president back in October 2019. Commenting on Binny’s appointment as the BCCI boss, former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin said, “He is a nice man. I have played a lot of cricket with him and we have fond memories.

Detailed explanation-3: -BCCI rules out Sourav Ganguly for ICC chairmanship, board to back current chief Greg Barclay | Sports News, The Indian Express.

Detailed explanation-4: -Former India-and-Karnataka cricketer, national selector, India under-19 teams’ coach and President of the Karnataka State Cricket Association Roger Binny is the incumbent President of the BCCI. He succeeded Sourav Ganguly. Binny is a member of India’s 1983 Cricket World Cup-winning team. He took charge in October 2022.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ganguly’s installation as BCCI president prompted a wave of optimism, even celebration. The first India captain to head the board in 65 years, the changemaker to help Indian cricket emerge from the cloud of the match-fixing affair in the early 2000s.