Board of Control for Cricket in India
national governing body of cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the principal national governing body of the sport of cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at the Cricket Centre in Churchgate, Mumbai. BCCI is the wealthiest governing body of cricket in the world. It has a revenue of more than ₹9,700 crore (US$1.0 billion).
It nurtures talent through grassroots programs and cricket academies. Its initiatives include coaching, infrastructure development, and player welfare programs designed to maintain and enhance India's competitive performance internationally.
BCCI was established on 1 December 1928 in Madras under Act XXI of 1860 of Madras and was subsequently re-registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. It is a consortium of state cricket associations that select their representatives who elect the BCCI president. It joined the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1926 which later became the International Cricket Council. The BCCI is an autonomous, private organization that does not fall under the purview of the Government of India and does not receive any grants from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2907539. VIAF identifies the subject as 310621043. The Library of Congress control number is nb2014019808. None of the 4 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1928, 1860, 1975 and 1926.
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