Overview
- The BCCI confirmed the veteran administrator died in New Delhi on January 25, with last rites held at the Lodhi crematorium on January 26.
- ICC chairman Jay Shah and the BCCI issued condolences, calling Bindra a visionary figure in cricket administration.
- Bindra served as BCCI president from 1993 to 1996 and led the Punjab Cricket Association from 1978 to 2014.
- He helped move the 1987 Cricket World Cup to the subcontinent and later was central to securing the 1996 edition for the region.
- In 1994 he challenged Doordarshan’s broadcast monopoly to open India’s market to private broadcasters, and he led the development of Mohali’s stadium, renamed the I.S. Bindra Stadium in 2015.