Former BCCI President IS Bindra Passes Away at 84

New Delhi, Jan 26 (TNA) Inderjit Singh Bindra, a pioneering former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), died Sunday evening in New Delhi after a prolonged illness, aged 84, family and PCA officials confirmed.

Survived by a son and daughter, his last rites are set for Lodhi Road Crematorium today. Bindra helmed BCCI from 1993-1996 and PCA for 36 years (1978-2014), masterminding the construction of Mohali’s international stadium, renamed PCA IS Bindra Stadium in 2015.

A retired Punjab-cadre IAS officer, he revolutionised broadcasting by challenging Doordarshan’s monopoly via the Supreme Court in 1994, ushering ESPN and TWI to catapult Indian cricket into a billion-dollar industry.

Adviser to IPL’s formation and ICC Principal Adviser, Bindra earned Padma Bhushan accolades but drew flak for backing Lalit Modi amid scandals. Tributes flooded from ICC Chairman Jay Shah (“stalwart… Om Shanti”), BCCI (“thoughts and prayers”), Punjab Kings IPL, and peers like PCA’s Siddhant Sharma, hailing his visionary legacy. Cricket fraternity mourns a transformative force.