Published: Sep 21, 2015, 03:19 AM (IST)
Edited: Sep 21, 2015, 03:19 AM (IST)
New Delhi: Former cricketers Madan Lal and Chetan Sharma on Sunday termed death of BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya a big loss to Indian cricket, adding that the 75-year-old was one of the finest administrators of the sport they have known. “It is a big loss to Indian cricket. He was one of the finest cricket administrators I have known. We owe it to him for uplifting the status of Indian cricket to what it is today. He was a great manager of people. I did not have the opportunity of working with him much but am sad that he is no more. He had earned a lot of respect in the cricketing world across the globe,” Lal, who was part of the 1983 World Cup-winning Indian team, told IANS. BCCI in mix for next president following Jagmohan Dalmiya’s demise
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Dalmiya died in Kolkata’s BM Birla Hospital Sunday night – three days after he was admitted there after complaining of chest pain. Dalmiya’s condition was described as stable on Saturday. Doctors attending to the 75-year-old said that he was responding to medicines and was in a steady condition, but added he would still be under constant monitoring.
“He was a great man. He was the man responsible for the upliftment of Indian cricket. From starting players’ pension, to their welfare to commercialisation of the sport, we owe a lot to Jaggu Da. I remember him very well. I had played for Bengal for 5-6 years because of him and he was partly responsible for my selection in the Indian team also. If you were a good person then you could always rely that Jaggu da to help you. It is a great loss for the country,” Sharma, who is the first Indian bowler to bag an international hat-trick, told IANS. Dalmiya was also a former International Cricket Council (ICC) president.
