MAN WHO TURNED CRICKET INTO GLOBAL SPORT - SRI JAGMOHAN DALMIYA
REMEMBERING SRI JAGMOHAN DALMIYA NICKNAMED IN THE MEDIA AS THE - MACHIAVELLI OF INDIAN CRICKET - MASTER OF REAL POLITIK - KING OF COMEBACKS SRI JAGMOHAN DALMIYA BORN IN A MARWARI FAMILY WAS A CONSTRUCTION BUSINESSMAN FROM KOLKATTA WHO SAW HIMSELF AS A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ADMINISTRATOR AND HAD EQUAL PASSION FOR BOTH CRICKET AND MONEY. HIS FIRM ML DALMIYA AND CO. CONSTRUCTED THE CALCUTTA'S BIRLA PLANETARIUM IN 1963 DALMIYA STARTED HIS CAREER AS A WICKET KEEPER AND BATSMAN AND LATER JOINED AS TREASURER, SECRETARY AND THEN PRESIDENT OF BCCI , DALMIYA REALIZED WHAT THE LIMITED-OVER GAME MEANT FOR INDIA. HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TURNING CRICKET INTO A GLOBAL SPORT. HE IS THE BEST INDIAN ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAVE TAKEN BCCI TO INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND BROUGHT MONEY, FAME IN INDIAN CRICKET. WHEN DALMIYA TOOK OVER AS ICC PRESIDENT IN 1997, ICC HAD FUNDS OF £16000 AND WHEN HIS TERM ENDED IN 2000 IT HAD OVER $15 MILLIONS. DALMIYA PROPOSED THE H...