Roger Binny, a well-known Indian cricketer, was born in 1955.
Roger Michael Humphrey Binny (born July 19, 1955) is a former Indian cricketer who was a member of the team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Binny was the first Scottish-born Anglo-Indian to play cricket for India. Stuart Binny, his son, followed in his footsteps, playing state cricket for the Karnataka cricket team as well as international cricket for the India national team.
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