Inderjit Singh Bindra, former BCCI president, passed away.

Exam-focused facts from the 26 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Inderjit Singh Bindra died at the age of 84.
He served as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1993 to 1996.
Bindra was president of the Punjab Cricket Association from 1978 to 2014.
The PCA stadium was renamed IS Bindra Stadium in 2015 to honour his administrative work.
He played a key role in organising the 1987 Reliance Cup, the first World Cup held outside England.
In 1994 he approached the Supreme Court of India to break Doordarshan’s monopoly on cricket broadcasting.