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History of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI):

The BCCI is a board affiliated to the World Cricket Council (ICC) which was formed in 1928 and is a government body patronized by the Government of India. The headquarters of BCCI is in Mumbai. The main job of BCCI is to control and organize sports tournaments in India and to represent India's players in international cricket who play for India.
Cricket is very popular in India The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is considered to be the richest cricket board in the world. The BCCI also performs other functions to protect the spirit of the game along with the performance in the game, which includes preventing betting on cricket, and the board often checks players who violate the rules related to such a game. Keeps taking decisions and the board also takes decisions like life ban if found guilty in cases like match-fixing.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President 2019:

India's most successful captains Sourav Ganguly became the 39th President of BCCI at the Annual General Meeting on 23 October 2019. Due to which the 33-month-old rule of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators has come to an end. Ganguly's nomination for the post of BCCI President was unanimous, while Home Minister Amit Shah's son Jay Shah has been made the secretary. Mahim Verma of Uttarakhand has become the new vice-president. Former BCCI President and Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur's younger brother Arun Dhumal is the treasurer while Kerala's Jayesh George became the joint secretary.
The first President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was Mr. R. E. Grant Govan, who held this position between 1928–1933. Presently former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has been elected as the president.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) runs/regulates cricket in India. The BCCI is headed by its President, which is the highest office in the BCCI.
The President of the BCCI is elected at the Annual General Meeting of the BCCI. The post is rotated zone-wise across India. The term of the BCCI President is a maximum of three years.

The BCCI is responsible for organizing and monitoring the following tournaments to be held in India:

Men's domestic cricket

  • Ranji Trophy
  • Vijay Hazare Trophy
  • Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
  • Duleep Trophy
  • Irani Cup
  • Deodhar Trophy
  • Indian Premier League (IPL)
  • BCCI Corporate Trophy
  • Women's domestic cricket

  • Women's Senior One Day Trophy
  • Senior Women's Challenger Trophy
  • Senior Women's T20 League
  • Senior Women's T20 Challenger Cup
  • List of Presidents of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

    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. P M 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

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