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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the principal national governing body of the sport of cricket in India. [9] Its headquarters are situated at the Cricket Centre in Churchgate, Mumbai. [10] BCCI is the wealthiest governing body of cricket in the world. [11] It has more than 5,300 crore revenue. [12]
The president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is the highest post at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which administers cricket in India. [4] [5] Though the post is an honorary one, it is considered a highly prestigious post due to popularity of the game in the India and the financial clout of the organisation. [6]
The BCCI was established in 1 December 1928 at Madras (currently Chennai) under Act XXI of 1860 of Madras and was subsequently reregistered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. [25] It is a consortium of state cricket associations that select their own representatives who elect the BCCI president.
BCCI Vice-president Lalit Modi, who led the IPL initiative, provided details of the tournament, including its format, prize money, franchise revenue system, and squad composition rules. The league, to be managed by a seven-man governing council, would also serve as the qualifying mechanism for that year's Champions League Twenty20 .
The stadium was established in 1916 and it is the oldest continuously used cricket stadium in the country. It is named after M A Chidambaram, former President of BCCI, the stadium was formerly known as Madras Cricket Club Ground. [3] [4] It is the home ground of the Tamil Nadu cricket team and the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings.
Ranjitsinhji, after whom the tournament is named. The idea of a national level, first class championship tournament was proposed by BCCI's founder A.S. De Mello. [7] The competition was launched following BCCI's meeting at Shimla in July 1934, [10] with the first fixtures taking place in 1934–35.Initially the tournament was named as 'The cricket championship of India', it later was renamed. [7]
BCCI was also heavily involved in First American personnel matters. The relationship between the two was so close that rumors spread BCCI was the real owner of First American. BCCI had an unusual annual auditing system: Price Waterhouse were the accountants for BCCI Overseas, while Ernst & Young audited BCCI and BCCI Holdings (London and ...
The following is a list of Indian domestic cricket teams participating in tournaments organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), up to and including the 2023–24 season. [ 1 ] State teams