BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA

'Board of Control for Cricket in India'

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Country:	India
Founded:	1929
Contact:
First President:	R.E. Grant Govan
President:	Sharad Pawar
Secretary:	Niranjan Shah
Sponsors:	Sahara , Nike

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The 'Board of Control for Cricket in India', or 'BCCI', is the apex governing body for cricket in India and lays down its law. The board was formed in 1929. It is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. The 'BCCI' often uses government-owned stadiums across the country at a nominal annual rent.
As a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it has the authority to select players, umpires and officials to participate in international events and exercises total control over them. Without its recognition, no competitive cricket involving BCCI-contracted Indian players can be hosted within or outside the country.
The BCCI's membership generally includes the State cricket associations, though some states have more than one association. Maharashtra state, for instance, has Maharashtra Cricket Association, Mumbai Cricket Association and Vidarbha cricket association and Gujarat state has Gujarat Cricket Association, Baroda cricket association and Saurashtra cricket association. Railways and Services are also members.
The BCCI is India's richest sporting body. The BCCI's constitution provides for annual elections at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for all posts, with a bar on re-election of an incumbent president beyond two consecutive years, "provided that the General Body may in its discretion re-elect the same person as president for the third consecutive year". The President of BCCI is Sharad Pawar (elected 29 November, 2005). Niranjan Shah is the secretary.
All the office-bearers for the year 2004-05, were elected at the annual general meeting of the Board held in Kolkata.
On January 10, 2005, the Supreme Court of India ordered the removal of Jagmohan Dalmiya from the post of patron-in-chief of BCCI and also asked the board to complete its annual general meeting (AGM) which had been adjourned on September 30, 2004.
The legality of the office-bearer's election at the board's annual general meeting (AGM) held on September 29, 2004 is subjudice.
In recent times the BCCI has been at odds with the ICC on Future Tours Program, it has formed unilateral arrangements to allow more series between India and Australia, England and Pakistan.
This, however, has left out 'minnows' such as Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

Contents

World Cup 2011

Domestic cricket

Finances

The BCCI logo

Criticism

Unprofessional

Nepotism

Political Influence

See also

External links

Sources

World Cup 2011

India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be jointly hosting the 2011 Cricket World Cup .The Asian countries won by beating a joint bid by Australia and New Zealand by ten votes to three. This is the third time world cup will return to Asia . In 1987 and 1996 India and Pakistan jointly hosted the World Cup. Australia and New Zealand will hold the 2015 World Cup.
See 2011 Cricket World Cup for more details

Domestic cricket

The BCCI organised the following domestic cricket competitions:

★ Ranji Trophy

★ Irani Trophy

★ Duleep Trophy

★ Deodhar Trophy

★ NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

Finances

BCCI is in the process of overtaking England's ECB as the richest national cricket board, with an income of Rs 650 crore for 2006/07, compared to the ECB's income of £77 million in 2006 (Rs 665 crore at the 31 December 2006 exchange rate). However the BCCI is expected to move well ahead of the ECB over the next few years due to several large new sponsorship and media contracts. The global media rights for international cricket to be held in India between March 2006 and March 2010 were awarded to production house Nimbus for US$612 Million.[1]. Official kit sponsorship rights for 5 years from 2006 to 2010 inclusive were awarded to Nike for US$43 Million[2]. While Air Sahara earned the privilege of being the official Indian cricket team sponsor for a period of 4 years by shelling out US$70 Million [3]. The media rights for 25 neutral venue one-day matches to be played over the next 5 years were awarded to Zee Telefilms for US$219.15 Million[4]. Business Standard [5] reports that it will get another Rs 2,000 crore ($450 million) from the sale of other rights, including hotel, travel and ground sponsorship.
BCCI will also establish an inter-city cricket league in limited-overs and Twenty20 format. It will be structured along the lines of professional leagues such as the English Premier League, complete with relegations and promotions. The league will also recruit overseas cricketers and will have separate TV, internet, mobile, merchandising, sponsorship and ground signage rights. BCCI marketing director Lalit Modi has predicted that it would become the single largest revenue earning avenue for BCCI after its establishment[6]. On 12th September, 2006 BCCI announced that it will spend $347 Million (Rs. 16 Billion) over the subsequent one year to upgrade the cricket stadiums around the country. [7][8]

The BCCI logo

The BCCI logo, as shown on the top right of this page, is derived from the emblem of the Order of the Star of India, India's highest order of chivalry during the British Raj.

Criticism

Unprofessional

The BCCI is often criticized as being an unprofessional entity. Although it is one of the richest sports bodies in Asia the stadium conditions are alleged to be very poor with archaic spectator amenities.

Nepotism

Political Influence

See also

★ Cricket in India

★ Indian cricket team

★ Indian Cricket League

External links

★ 'Official BCCI Website'

★ 'Official Indian Cricket League Website'

★ BCCI presidents

★ BCCI secretaries

★ Contact Boards

★ Comprehensive BCCI news and info site

Sources

★ Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports India