Roger Binny: Difference between revisions

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| country = [[India]]

| fullname = Roger Michael Humphrey Binny

| birth_place = [[Bangalore district|Bangalore]], [[Mysore State]]<!--Mysore State was renamed Karnataka in 1973-->, India

Binny was the first [[Anglo-Indian]] to play cricket for India.<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/149642.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415035446/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/149642.html# |date=15 April 2008 }}.</ref> His son, [[Stuart Binny]], is following in his footsteps, having played state cricket for [[Karnataka cricket team]], and international cricket for the [[India national cricket team]].

His Test career was not stellar, but he and fellow Pace bowler Karsan Ghavri were helpful in getting the shine off the new ball before India's famous spin bowlers (Bishen Singh Bedi, Chandrashekhar, Prasanna, and Ventatraghavan) could take over. Binny and Ghavri (along with wicket-keeper Syed Kirmani) were also credited with saving many test matches for India. When the top batting order collapsed, Binny could be counted to hold the batting down so as to avoid innings defeats or drag the match to a draw. Binny, however, came into his own in the [[Cricket World Cup|World Cup]]. The wickets suited his medium-pace, and in tandem with [[Madan Lal]], and led by the inspirational [[Kapil Dev]], he helped India win their first World Cup title.

Binny is currently serving as an Office Bearer at the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA). He appeared as the in-house cricket expert for national news channel – NewsX, during the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. On 27 September 2012, Binny was appointed as one of the five members of the selection panel of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]].<ref name="NDTV - 27Sep2012 - Sandeep Patil named chief selector, Amarnath dropped ">{{cite news|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/item/197114-bcci-picks-new-selection-panel|title=Sandeep Patil named chief selector, Amarnath dropped |date=27 September 2012|work=[[NDTV]]|access-date=27 September 2012}}</ref>

| 20 June 1983

| 21 (32 balls: 2x4); 8–2–29–4, 1 ct.

Bollywood Director [[Kabir Khan (director)|Kabir Khan]] is making a sports drama film named ''[[83 (film)|83]]'' about India's first world cup win in 1983 at Lords, in which, [[Nishant Dahiya]] will be playing the role of Roger Binny.<ref>https://www.thelivemirror.com/ranveer-singh-83-shoot-starts/</ref><ref>https://www.asianage.com/entertainment/bollywood/270419/ranveer-singhs-co-star-nishant-dahiya-impressed-83-team-with-his-first-ball-itself.html</ref><ref>https://www.mumbailive.com/hi/bollywood/nishant-dahiya-to-play-roger-binny-in-kabir-khan-s-83-movie-35332</ref><ref>https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/83-film-nishant-dahiya-in-role-of-roger-binny-poster-out-famous-all-rounder-1983-world-cup-tmov8-1-1155609.html</ref>