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We want to be engine of growth - Bindra

In a free wheeling chat with Hindustan Times ' Subhash Rajta, IS Bindra talks about his role as Principal Advisor to the new ICC President.

Sriram Veera
25-Feb-2013
In a free wheeling chat with Hindustan Times' Subhash Rajta, IS Bindra talks about his role as Principal Advisor to the new ICC President.
On BCCI's alleged domination: We have never had any intention to rule to international cricket. In fact we have fought hard to bring in democratic polity in the ICC. Earlier, a president of the MCC, a club, used to be the president of the ICC and Australia and England had the veto powers. We fought for equality and managed to bring in democratic polity when Colin Cowdrey became the first elected ICC president in 1994. In that light, BCCI just can't be party to any domination, including it's own. But we will certainly use our financial clout to promote and popularise the game. We want to be the engine of growth for the game and that's exactly what we are doing through IPL.

Sriram Veera is a former staff writer at ESPNcricinfo