All You Need to Know About BCCI

The Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for managing cricketing activities in India. The national governing body was formed in 1928 under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. RE Grant Govan was selected as the first president of BCCI, while Anthony de Mello was appointed as the secretary. 

Where is the BCCI headquarter located?

BCCI’s headquarter is located in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Before 2006, BCCI headquarter was located in a small one-and-a-half room near to Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium.

What is BCCI’S full form?

BCCI’s full form is the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Likewise, the abbreviation of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is BCCI. 

Former Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly is the current president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. 

It is also important to understand that the BCCI is not a government body as it manages the finances on its own. BCCI is, in fact, India’s richest sporting body and the world’s richest cricket board. 

One of the best ed-tech company, BYJU’s is the official sponsor of BCCI. They sealed the deal for close to three years, starting from 5th September 2020 until 31st March 2020. 

HISTORY 

It was back in 1912 when an all-Indian cricket team went to England for the very first time to play a cricket match. The team was led and sponsored by well renowned Maharaja of Patiala. 

The year 1926 saw two representatives of the Calcutta Cricket Club travelling to London to attend a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Council. Knowing that the representatives weren’t the official ones for India, it wasn’t legal to attend the meeting, however, on the approval of the then chairman of the conference, Lord Harris, everyone worked out successfully. 

The meeting did wonders for the Indians, as the MCC decided to send a team to India to play cricket. The team was led by Arthur Gilligan who also had captained England in the Ashes. 

Upon arrival, the Maharaja of Patiala held a meeting with Gilligan where the former requested the Englishmen to press for Indian cricket in ICC. Gilligan agreed to the proposal but with a condition. 

He told the Maharaja to bring all the promoters of the game together and form a single cricketing body for control in India which eventually led to the idea of the formation of BCCI. 

On 21st November 1927, a meeting took place regarding the same which was also attended by delegates from Patiala, Delhi, United Province, Rajputana, Alwar, Bhopal, Gwalior and others. It led the formation of a consensus to form a board of control for cricket in India. 

In December 1928, the BCCI was formed and registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act with six associations affiliated to it. BCCI’s full form- Board of Control for Cricket in India.

REFORMS 

Post-2015 World Cup, various cases emerged in regard to the notorious activities of BCCI. BCCI headquarter which is located in Mumbai also suffered from various corruption charges. This led to the Supreme Court forming a four-member panel committee of administrations which had the name of Vinod Rai, Ramachandra Guha, Vikaram Limaye and Diana Edulji. They were given the responsibilities to administrate the functioning of BCCI. 

For those of you who are unaware, Sunil Joshi is the next chairman of the national selection committee. He recently replaced MSK Prasad for the position. 

BCCI FULL FORM- Board of Cricket for Control in India organises several domestic cricket tournaments for both Men’s and Women’s domestic cricket teams.

Men’s domestic team cricket tournaments: 

• Ranji Trophy.
• Irani Trophy 
• Deodhar Trophy 
• Duleep Trophy 
• Indian Premier League 
• Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 
• Vijay Hazare Trophy 
• Vinoo Mankad Trophy 
• Cooch Behar Trophy 

Women’s domestic cricket team tournaments: 

• Senior Women’s Challenger Trophy 
• Senior Women’s One Day League 
• Senior Women’s T20 Challenger Trophy 
• Senior Women’s T20 League 
• Women’s T20 Challenge

Who is the current BCCI president?

Former Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly is the current BCCI President. On 23rd October 2020, Sourav Ganguly took charge as the 39th BCCI president. With that, Jay Shah became the secretary and Arun Singh Dhumal became the treasurer of BCCI.

Here’s a look at the list of all the BCCI Presidents right from the time of its formation:

President Name	Took Office	Left office
1. R E Grant Govan	1928	1933
2. Sikandar Hayat Khan	1933	1935
3. Nawab Hamidullah Khan	1935	1937
4. Maharaja K S Digvijay Singh	1937	1938
5. P Subbarayan	1938	1946
6. Anthony S D’Mello	1946	1951
7. J C Mukherji	1951	1954
8. Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram	1954	1956
9. Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia	1956	1958
10. R K Patel	1958	1960
11. M A Chidambaram	1960	1963
12. Maharaja Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad	1963	1966
13. Z R Irani	1966	1969
14. N Ghose	1969	1972
15. PM Rungta	1972	1975
16. Ramprakash Mehra	1975	1977
17. M Chinnaswamy	1977	1980
18. S K Wankhede	1980	1982
19. NKP Salve	1982	1985
20. S Sriraman	1985	1988
21. B N Dutt	1988	1990
22. Madhavrao Scindia	1990	1993
23. IS Bindra	1993	1996
24. Raj Singh Dungarpur	1996	1999
25. A C Muthiah	1999	2001
26. Jagmohan Dalmiya	2001	2004
27. Ranbir Singh Mahendra	2004	2005
28. Sharad Pawar	2005	2008
29. Shashank Manohar	2008	2011
30. N Srinivasan	2011	2013
31. Jagmohan Dalmiya	2013	2013
32. N Srinivasan	2013	2014
33. Shivlal Yadav	2014	2014
34. Sunil Gavaskar	2014	2014
35. Jagmohan Dalmiya	2015	2015
36. Hashank Manohar	2015	2016
37. Anurag Thakur	2016	2017
38. C K Khanna	2017	Incumbent
39. Sourav Ganguly	23 October, 2019	Till date

 

Saurav Ganguly currently heads the governing body- BCCI headquartered in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

BCCI Twitter Account: 

There are a total of three BCCI twitter accounts where the governing body give all the updates regarding Indian Cricket. 

1. BCCI
2. BCCI Women
3. BCCI Domestic 

BCCI Twitter accounts are basically divided into three segments which focus on Men’s and Women’s international and domestic cricket.

All the latest updates regarding Indian cricket, be it International and domestic cricket is accessible on BCCI Twitter accounts. BCCI twitter handle let people know about the cricket tournaments, squad details, and other important information.