


Indian Cricket Stars
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar | MS Dhoni | Shikhar Dhawan | Rohit Sharma | Suresh Raina | Virat Kohli | Cheteshwar Pujara | Yusuf Pathan | Murali Kartik | Murali Vijay | Dinesh Karthik | Irfan Pathan | Ishant Sharma | Bhuvneshwar KumarGautam Gambir | Virender Sehwag | Zaheer Khan | Harbhajan Singh | Yuvraj Singh | Joginder Sharma | Mohammad Kaif | Ramesh Powar | Robin Uthappa | RP Singh
Rahul Dravid | Ajit Agarkar | Anil Kumble | Sourav Ganguly | VVS Laxman | Wasim Jaffer | Dinesh Mongia | VRV Singh | Sreesanth | Piyush Chawla | Pragyan Ojha | Munaf Patel
Kapil Dev Nikhanj | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar | Roger Michael Humphrey Binny | Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri | Mohinder Amarnath | Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar
Roger Binny

Tall and athletically built, Binny was an aggressive batsman who could either open the innings or go in the middle order, was a medium-pace bowler who could swing the ball both ways - and was particularly effective in English conditions - and an excellent field. He first made his mark when putting on a record unbroken partnership of 451 runs for the first wicket with Sanjay Desai in the Ranji Trophy game against Kerala in 1977-78, his share being 211. He was generally in and out of the Indian team but whenever he was persevered with, he proved his value. With the ball, he was capable of destructive spells like when he dismissed Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas and Miandad at Bombay in 1979 to put Pakistan on the backfoot or when he dismissed Greenidge, Haynes and Richards to rock the West Indies at Ahmedabad in 1983. A Karnataka stalwart for several years, Binny later made his mark as a coach and was given a lot of credit for the victory of the Under-19 team in the World Cup in Sri Lanka in January 2000.
Full name | Roger Michael Humphrey Binny |
Born | July 19, 1955, Bangalore, Karnataka |
Major teams | India, Goa, Karnataka |
Batting style | Right-hand bat |
Bowling style | Right-arm medium |
Career statistics | |
Test debut | India v Pakistan at Bangalore - Nov 21-26, 1979 |
Last Test | India v Pakistan at Bangalore - Mar 13-17, 1987 |
ODI debut | Australia v India at Melbourne - Dec 6, 1980 |
Last ODI | India v Australia at Chennai - Oct 9, 1987 |
First-class span | 1975/76 - 1991/92 |
List A span | 1975/76 - 1986 |