IS Bindra bids for ICC role

Scyld Berry, in the Sunday Telegraph, says "it is a sign of the changing times that the candidates' list" to succeed Malcolm Speed as the ICC's CEO "has a heavy Indian presence." Of the six, the most controversial is IS Bindra:

When holed up in his personal fiefdom of Chandigarh, where he developed the fine stadium of Mohali, Bindra led what opposition there was to the Calcutta businessman Jagmohan Dalmiya, who long ruled Indian cricket and became the first Indian president of ICC.

Since Dalmiya was finally forced out of his various offices, Bindra has become the power behind the throne of Sharad Pawar, the current president of the Indian board and powerful politician, who has already fixed up to be the ICC president in 2010.

Earlier, Bindra told the Sydney Morning Herald:

India is in a position where it can grow the game. It should be seeking greater responsibility, not more power. By using its resources wisely, and not just trying to impose a dictatorship, everyone should benefit from India's position in the game.