Published: Sep 21, 2015, 04:26 AM (IST)
Edited: Sep 21, 2015, 09:16 AM (IST)
Bengaluru: Expressing grief over Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief Jagmohan Dalmiya‘s demise, the board’s Secretary Anurag Thakur on Sunday described the former as ‘father figure of Indian cricket’. “Dalmiya ji has lived cricket day and night. Every breath he has taken was in the interest of cricket. BCCI has lost a visionary and a father figure of Indian cricket,” Thakur told ANI. Dalmiya passed away on Sunday night following a massive cardiac arrest on Thursday night. He was 75 years old. Dalmiya was admitted to BM Birla Heart Research Centre on Thursday due to a heart problem. Jagmohan Dalmiya’s legacy the reason behind India’s importance in world cricket, feels Dave Richardson
Earlier on Sunday night, BCCI condoled the death of their President Jagmohan Dalmiya. Dalmiya, the president of India’s powerful cricket board, died Sunday at a hospital in Kolkata where he was being treated for a heart condition, a top cricket official said. He was 75. “The greatest sports administrator of India has passed away, an era ends,” Anurag Thakur, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said on Twitter. Dalmiya, who was also a former head of the International Cricket Council, is credited with overseeing India’s emergence as the game’s powerhouse during previous stints at the helm of the BCCI.. Jagmohan Dalmiya: The man who made world cricket financially strong
Dalmiya’s biggest gift to Indian cricket was to strike a multi-million television deal with World Tel in the early 90′s that went a long way in making BCCI the richest cricketing body in the world. A shrewd tactician and someone who was at forefront of the BCCI numbers game, Dalmiya was the brain behind India co-hosting the Reliance World Cup in 1987 and then the Wills World Cup in 1996.
