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{{Short description|National governing body of cricket in India}}
{{for|the bank|Bank of Credit and Commerce International}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox sport governing body
|name = Board of Control for Cricket in India
|native name =
|abbrev = BCCI
|logo = Cricket India Crest.svg
|sport = [[Cricket]]
|category =
|image =
|jurisdiction = India
|founded = {{Start date and age|December 1928}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/asia/full/14|title=Foundation BCCI|website=www.icc-cricket.com|access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref>
|aff = [[International Cricket Council]]
|affdate = {{Start date|31 May 1926}}<ref name="icc-cricket.com">{{cite web |title=Full member Board of Control for Cricket in India. |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/asia/full/14 |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004130227/https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/asia/full/14 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|region = [[Asian Cricket Council]]
|regionyear = 19 September 1983
|headquarters = Cricket centre, [[Mumbai]]<ref name=ICC>{{cite web | url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/asia/full/14 | title=International Cricket Council | access-date=4 October 2022 | archive-date=4 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004130227/https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/asia/full/14 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|location = [[Churchgate]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<ref name= ICC/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/about/contact-us|title=THE BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA|website=www.bcci.tv|access-date=17 May 2022|archive-date=17 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517071725/https://www.bcci.tv/about/contact-us|url-status=live}}</ref>
|president = [[Roger Binny]]<ref name=agm22>{{cite news |title=Roger Binny elected 36th BCCI president |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/roger-binny-elected-36th-bcci-president-101666074122652.html |access-date=18 October 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=18 October 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018073154/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/roger-binny-elected-36th-bcci-president-101666074122652.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|vicepresident = [[Rajeev Shukla]]<ref name=agm22/>
|secretary = [[Jay Shah]]<ref name=agm22/>
|coach = [[Rahul Dravid]]
|womenscoach = ''Vacant'' <ref name=AA>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/bcci-jay-shah-india-womens-team-head-coach-full-fledged-staff-2358500-2023-04-11 | title=India women's team will get full-fledged coaching staff, says BCCI secretary Jay Shah }}</ref>
|prevfounded =
|operating income =[[Indian rupee sign|₹]] 6558 [[Crore]] (FY 2022-23)<ref name=HK>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/bcci-agm-guest-players-only-to-get-match-fee-no-extra-sum-8955545/|website=Indian express|title=BCCI AGM...}}</ref>
|year closed =
|more =
|membership =[[List of members of the Board of Control for Cricket in India|41]]
|url = https://www.bcci.tv
|chiefexec = Hemang Amin<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.inningsbreak.com/hemang-amin-appointed-as-interim-ceo-by-bcci/ | title=Hemang Amin appointed as interim CEO by BCCI | access-date=10 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010154803/https://www.inningsbreak.com/hemang-amin-appointed-as-interim-ceo-by-bcci/ | archive-date=10 October 2022 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|key staff = [[Ajit Agarkar]] (chief national selector)<ref name=agm22/> [[Ashish Shelar]] (treasurer)<ref name=agm22/> Devajit Saikia (joint-secretary)<ref name=agm22/> [[Abey Kuruvilla]] (general manager)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/abey-kuruvilla-former-india-pacer-appointed-as-bccis-new-general-manager-1646296198-1|title=Abey Kuruvilla, former India pacer, appointed as BCCI's new General Manager|date=3 March 2022|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref> [[Vineet Saran]] (Ethics officer) Dr Abhijit Salvi (head, Anti-doping unit)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/nada-to-start-testing-players-during-duleep-trophy-games-bcci-wants-only-doctors-as-dcos/articleshow/70722728.cms | title=NADA to start testing players during Duleep Trophy games, BCCI wants only doctors as DCOs | newspaper=The Times of India | date=18 August 2019 }}</ref> Shabir Hussein (head, anti-corruption unit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-former-gujarat-dgp-shabir-hussein-appointed-new-bcci-anti-corruption-unit-chief/379309|title=Former Gujarat DGP Shabir Hussein Appointed New BCCI Anti-corruption Unit Chief|date=12 January 2022|website=Outlook India}}</ref> Arun Dhumal (chairman, IPL)<ref name=agm22/>
|countryflag=India
|caption=Official Crest of the BCCI
|sponsor=[[Dream11]], [[Adidas]], [[IDFC First Bank]], [[Hyundai Motor India|Hyundai]], [[Ambuja Cements]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/venues|title=The Board of Control for Cricket in India|website=Bcci.tv|access-date=19 November 2021|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119181159/https://www.bcci.tv/venues|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

The '''Board of Control for Cricket in India''' ('''BCCI''')<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Jaspirt Bumrah: …तर जसप्रीत बुमराहचं करिअर धोक्यात, दुखापतीबाबत मोठा खुलासा |url=https://www.loksatta.com/krida/ipl/jasprit-bumrah-rohit-sharma-dravid-wont-even-be-told-about-bumrah-surprising-news-avw-92-3544332/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Loksatta |date=25 March 2023 |language=mr}}</ref> is the national governing body of [[Cricket in India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24861269/bcci-covered-india-right-information-rti-act-rules-top-appellate-body|title=BCCI covered under Australia's Right to Information Act, rules top appellate body|access-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002152001/http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24861269/bcci-covered-india-right-information-rti-act-rules-top-appellate-body|archive-date=2 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Its headquarters is situated at the Cricket centre in [[Churchgate]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web |title=THE BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA |url=https://www.bcci.tv/about/contact-us |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=www.bcci.tv |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517071725/https://www.bcci.tv/about/contact-us |url-status=live }}</ref> The BCCI is the wealthiest [[governing body]] of [[cricket]] in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=Explained: ... board set to earn per ICC revenue ... |url=https://wisden.com/stories/news-stories/icc-revenue-share-model-2024-27-each-board-bcci-ecb-ca-pcb/amp&ved=2ahUKEwiZ37Tu9KT_AhUpzTgGHZKECTwQFnoECCkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1qiCenmCvI1ZYD_nZGK-hz |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=[[Wisden]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BCCI spearheading Covid-hit world? Listing revenues of top 10 richest cricket boards in 2021. |work=[[Times Now]] |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/article/bcci-spearheading-covid-hit-world-listing-revenues-of-top-10-richest-cricket-boards-in/763329 |url-status=live |access-date=20 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120112022/https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/article/bcci-spearheading-covid-hit-world-listing-revenues-of-top-10-richest-cricket-boards-in/763329 |archive-date=20 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BCCI among the richest sporting bodies, boasts 5,300 crore revenue |newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]] |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/bcci-among-richest-sporting-bodies-boasts-of-rs5300-crore-revenue/1012016/&ved=2ahUKEwjJi-iw6Kb0AhVqwTgGHVYICCAQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3xVKgKOJZn9BIpB_kOUEc5 |access-date=29 May 2022 }}</ref>

The BCCI was formed in December 1928 and is a consortium of [[List of members of the Board of Control for Cricket in India|state cricket associations]] that select their own representatives who elect the BCCI president. [[R. E. Grant Govan|Grant Govan]] was the first BCCI president and [[Anthony De Mello]] was its first secretary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcci.tv/about/2019/history|title=The Board of Control for Cricket in India|access-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330171615/http://www.bcci.tv/about/2019/history|archive-date=30 March 2019}}</ref> {{As of|February 2023}}, [[Roger Binny]] is the incumbent BCCI president and [[Jay Shah]] is secretary.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> The board joined the [[International Cricket Council|Imperial Cricket Conference]] in 1926.<ref name="icc-cricket.com"/> The BCCI is an autonomous, private organisation that does not fall under the purview of the National Sports Federation of India and the [[Government of India]] has minimal regulation on it. It does not receive any grants or funds from the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]]. The BCCI is influential in international cricket.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life changing... |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/life-changing-womens-premier-league-teams-sold-for-806-million-ahead-of-inaugural-tournament/news-story/f6fe3556d127bd40ae68046f47ff0711 |website=Fox sports Australia|date=25 January 2023 }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |last=Krishna B |first=Venkata |title=BCCI comes under NADA code, but not National Sports Federation yet |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2019/aug/10/bcci-comes-under-nada-code-but-not-national-sports-federation-yet-2016906.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129075418/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2019/aug/10/bcci-comes-under-nada-code-but-not-national-sports-federation-yet-2016906.html |archive-date=29 November 2021 |access-date=29 November 2021 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{cite news |title=BCCI monopoly... |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=26 January 2015 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/BCCI-monopoly-and-judicial-review/article62119580.ece/amp/ |access-date=1 October 2022 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001072439/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/BCCI-monopoly-and-judicial-review/article62119580.ece/amp/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The International Cricket Council shares the largest part of its revenue with the BCCI. Its [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] is one of the wealthiest sports league in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Explained {{!}} The IPL business model and how it compares to sports leagues globally |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/explained-the-ipl-business-model-and-how-it-compares-to-sports-leagues-globally/article65547025.ece |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=The Hindu|date=24 June 2022 }}</ref> In financial year 2022-2023 BCCI earned {{INR convert|6558|c|lk=c|to=USD}}. In 2023, the board sold India cricket's [[media rights]] to [[Viacom18]] for more than {{INRConvert|6000|c}},{{Efn|By this deal [[Viacom18]] got brodcasting rights of all the bilateral matches that will take place in India and right to telecast BCCI's all domestic tournaments such as Ranji trophy, Vijay Hazare trophy etc. from year 2023 to 2027.}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-25 |title=BCCI AGM: Guest players only to get match fee, no extra sum |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/bcci-agm-guest-players-only-to-get-match-fee-no-extra-sum-8955545/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> [[Women's Premier League (cricket)|WPL]] media rights was sold for {{INR|951 crores|year=2023}} to Viacom18 in 2023 and in 2022 IPL media rights was sold to Viacom18–[[Star Sports (Indian TV network)|Star sports]] for {{INRConvert|48390|c}}. All the media rights are awarded for 5 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BCCI Media Rights ... |url=https://www.esakal.com/krida/viacom18-seal-both-tv-digital-rights-in-bcci-media-rights-auction-for-five-years-aas86 |website=[[Sakal]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Viacom18 bags broadcasting rights for Women's IPL 2023-27 |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/viacom18-bags-broadcasting-rights-for-womens-ipl-2023-27/article66382461.ece/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwjqxp-064aBAxWoRmwGHZP9Dn4QFnoECBQQBQ&usg=AOvVaw0USeH1WqbBqItkpIROeCxl |website=The Hindu}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{cite web |date=15 June 2022 |title=IPL Media Rights: It's a deal! – Everything you need to know about final IPL media rights figures |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/its-a-deal-everything-you-need-to-know-about-final-ipl-media-rights-figures/articleshow/92222684.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921023514/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/its-a-deal-everything-you-need-to-know-about-final-ipl-media-rights-figures/articleshow/92222684.cms |archive-date=21 September 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>The BCCI pays hundreds of crores rupees in the form of tax to the government of India, paid {{INRConvert|4000|c|lk=crores|year=2023}} in financial year 2022-23.<ref name="AT" />{{refn|group=details|For detail information see [[#Tax payment]].}}

The BCCI has hosted multiple [[ICC World Cup]]s,{{Efn|It hosted [[1987 Cricket World Cup|1987]], [[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]], [[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011 ODI world cup]] and [[2016 Twenty20 cricket World Cup|2016 T20 World cup]]. It also hosted [[2013 Women's Cricket World Cup]].}} and will host the [[2023 Cricket World Cup]], the [[ICC World Twenty20|2026 ICC T20 World cup]], the [[2031 Cricket World Cup|2031 ICC ODI Cricket World Cup]],{{Efn|the 2031 ICC World Cup is scheduled to take place in India but Bangladesh will serve as co-host.<ref name=C2/>}} and the [[2025 Women's Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |title=...2024-31 men's tournament hosts confirmed. |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2354682 |access-date=28 October 2022 |website=icc-cricket}}</ref>{{Efn|Sri Lanka will co-host the 2026 T20 world cup with India.<ref name=C2/>}}

The BCCI manages four squads that represent India in international cricket; the [[India national cricket team|men's national cricket team]], the [[India women's national cricket team|women's national cricket team]], the [[India national under-19 cricket team|men's national under-19 cricket team]] and [[India women's national under-19 cricket team|women's national under-19 cricket team]]. It also governs developmental [[India A cricket team|India A]], [[India B cricket team|India B]] and [[India A Women's cricket team in Australia in 2019|India A women's]] teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.jagran.com/lite/cricket/bcci-names-shweta-sehrawat-as-captain-of-india-a-squad-for-acc-emerging-womens-asia-cup2023-10080802&ved=2ahUKEwi2vNnmg6X_AhWNslYBHUi4AQsQ0PADKAB6BAgSEAE&usg=AOvVaw33w8hhkXGgFzGW7JEIS5uZ|title=India A squad for...}}</ref> Its national selection committee, which is led by chief national selector, selects players for these teams.{{Efn|Senior national selection committee lead by 'chief national selector' select players and skipper for India men's national cricket team, India A, B and president's XI teams, while Junior national selection committee of men's and women's selects players and skipper for 'India U19 team', India women's U19 team respectively.}} As part of its duties, the BCCI organises and schedules matches to be played by each of these teams, and schedules, sanctions and organises domestic cricket in India.<ref name=":5">{{cite news|title=T20 World Cup: 'High time BCCI looks into their scheduling' – Ex-Indian captain backs Kohli and co. after loss to NZ|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/high-time-bcci-looks-into-their-scheduling-ex-indian-captain-backs-team-india-players-after-loss-to-nz-in-t20-world-cup-101635765456000.html|access-date=20 November 2021|archive-date=20 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120102946/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/high-time-bcci-looks-into-their-scheduling-ex-indian-captain-backs-team-india-players-after-loss-to-nz-in-t20-world-cup-101635765456000.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/sport/bcci-announces-schedule-for-indias-2022-23-domestic-cricket-season/1074333/|title=BCCI announces schedule for India's 2022-23 domestic cricket season|date=8 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kadam |first=Sandip |script-title=mr:विश्लेषण: क्रिकेट निवड समिती अध्यक्षपदी पुन्हा चेतन शर्मा यांची नियुक्ती कशी? त्यांच्याकडून कोणत्या अपेक्षा असतील? |trans-title=How Chetan Sharma got appointed as chief-selector again? What we should expect from him? |url=https://www.loksatta.com/explained/know-all-about-announcement-of-chetan-sharma-as-president-of-bcci-selection-committee-print-exp-pbs-91-3385670/ |newspaper=Loksatta |date=9 January 2023 |language=mr}}</ref>

== History ==
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{{Further|Cricket in India|Sport in India|label1=Overview of cricket in India|label2=Overview of sports in India|History of cricket in India to 1918|History of cricket in India from 1918–19 to 1945}}
{{See also|Category:Cricket in India by decade|label 1=History of cricket in India by decades|History of the Indian cricket team | Cricket in India # History | India national cricket team # History}}

The first game of cricket was played in India by European sailors, who played the sport as a recreational activity in the first half of the 18th century. These sailors played cricket near their coastal settlements. The first recorded match in India was played between the British army and British settlers in 1751. The world's second-oldest cricket club, [[Calcutta Cricket Club]], was founded in 1792 in present-day Kolkata. The [[Parsis]] were the first civilian community to accept cricket as a sport and play it in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzztribe.news/the-oldest-cricket-clubs-in-the-world/|title=The oldest Cricket Clubs in the world {{!}} The pride of sport and the spirit are still alive|date=5 August 2022|access-date=19 October 2022|website=Buzztribe News|first=Nirtika|last=Pandita|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019123309/https://www.buzztribe.news/the-oldest-cricket-clubs-in-the-world/|archive-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> In 1848, they set up the [[Oriental Cricket Club]] in present-day Mumbai. In 1850, they founded the Young Zoroastrian Cricket Club. In 1886, Hindus founded the [[Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai|Hindu Gymkhana]] sports club.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Board of Control for Cricket in India|url=https://www.bcci.tv/about&ved=2ahUKEwi0hsfz6Kf6AhVU7TgGHeNyDncQFnoECC0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw1LsDuX6lwoANGd0nCZePwC |website=www.bcci.tv }}{{dead link|date=August 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In 1912, an all-India cricket team visited England for the first time, and were sponsored and captained by the [[Bhupinder Singh of Patiala|Maharaja of Patiala]]. In 1926, two representatives of Calcutta Cricket Club travelled to London to attend meetings of the [[Imperial Cricket Conference]], the predecessor of the current [[International Cricket Council]]. Although technically not an official representative of Indian cricket, they were allowed to attend by [[Lord Harris]], chairman of the conference. The outcome of the meeting was the MCC's decision to send a team that was led by [[Arthur Gilligan]], who had captained England in [[The Ashes]], to India.{{citation needed span|text=|date=May 2022}}

===Founding and early years===

[[File:CK Nayudu 1930s scan.jpg|thumb|[[CK Nayudu]] (in the 1930s), former Indian cricketer, Indian cricket team's first captain in Test cricket|263x263px]]

In a meeting with the [[Maharaja of Patiala]] and others, Gilligan promised to press for its inclusion in the ICC if all of the game's promoters in the country united to establish a single controlling body. An assurance was given{{By whom|date=October 2022}} and on 21 November 1927 a meeting was held in [[Delhi]], which was attended by delegates from [[Patiala]], Delhi, [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], [[Rajputana]], [[Alwar]], [[Bhopal]], [[Gwalior]], [[Baroda]], [[Kathiawar]], [[Central Provinces and Berar]], [[Sindh]] and [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]]. The delegates agreed to create a board for control of cricket in India. On 10 December 1927, a unanimous decision to form a provisional board of control was taken, and the BCCI was formed in December 1928. [[R. E. Grant Govan]] was elected as its first president and Anthony de Mello was secretary.<ref name="maharaja">{{cite book|last=Dass|first=Jarmani|title=Maharaja; lives and loves and intrigues of Indian princes: Volume 56 of Orient paperbacks|year=1969|publisher=Allied Publishers|page=342|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zhVuAAAAMAAJ|access-date=15 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505092910/https://books.google.com/books?id=zhVuAAAAMAAJ&q=|archive-date=5 May 2016|url-status=live}}Page 44</ref>

In 1926, the BCCI joined the Imperial Cricket Council, then the governing body for international cricket. In 1936, the BCCI started India's premier first-class cricket championship the [[Ranji Trophy]], which was named after the first Indian person who played international cricket, the King of [[Nawanagar State|Nawanagar state]] [[K.S. Ranjitsinhji]],<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=mr:भारतीय क्रिकेटमधील मैलाचा दगड |trans-title=The milestone in Indian cricket. |url=https://www.loksatta.com/lokrang/indian-cricket-ranji-trophy-ranjit-singh-golden-jubilee-amy-95-3121584 |newspaper=[[Loksatta]] |date=11 September 2022 |language=mr}}</ref> who played for England in international cricket. The [[Mumbai cricket team]] is the most-successful team, winning 41 titles.

In [[Indian cricket team in England in 1932|1932]], India played its maiden Test match under the captaincy of [[C. K. Nayudu]] against England at [[Lord's cricket ground]] in London. During [[English cricket team in India in 1933-34|England's 1933-34 tour of India]], on 17 December 1933, [[Lala Amarnath]] became the first Indian batsman to score a test century, scoring 118 on his debut, at [[Bombay Gymkhana]].<ref>{{cite web|title= भारताचे पहिले कसोटी शतकवीर कोण, तुम्हाला माहित आहेत का?|date= 11 September 2018|url= https://www.lokmat.com/cricket/news/do-you-know-who-was-indias-first-test-centurion/|access-date= 4 October 2022|archive-date= 4 October 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221004135732/https://www.lokmat.com/cricket/news/do-you-know-who-was-indias-first-test-centurion/|url-status= live}}</ref> In [[Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1967–68|1967–68]], India won its first-ever Test cricket series outside Asia. Previously it had defeated Pakistan, New Zealand and England, and won series in India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Full member ICC |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/asia/full/14 |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004130227/https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/asia/full/14 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1945–1987===
{{Main|History of cricket in India from 1945–46 to 1960|History of cricket in India from 1960–61 to 1970|History of cricket in India from 1970–71 to 1985}}

In 1952, the England team [[English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1951–52|toured India]]; it was their first tour of India after its [[Partition of India|Independence]]. [[Nigel Howard]] was the captain of touring team.<ref name=T>{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/the-rise-of-the-bcci-since-indian-independence/ | title=The rise of the BCCI since Indian independence | newspaper=The Economic Times | date=6 August 2017 | access-date=24 September 2022 | archive-date=24 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924113720/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/the-rise-of-the-bcci-since-indian-independence/ | url-status=live | last1=Times | first1=Economic }}</ref> The former India captain Vijaya Ananda Gajapathi Raju, also known as [[Vizzy]], was the BCCI president in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/after-sir-vizzy-ganguly-2nd-indian-capt-to-be-bcci-prez/articleshow/71728355.cms | title=After Sir Vizzy, Ganguly 2nd Indian capt to be BCCI prez | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=24 October 2019 | access-date=4 October 2022 | archive-date=4 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004182739/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/after-sir-vizzy-ganguly-2nd-indian-capt-to-be-bcci-prez/articleshow/71728355.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1975, the BCCI paid {{INR|2500}} per match to the test cricketers. Banks, Indian railways and private enterprises would recruit players.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2017/mar/23/todays-indian-cricketers-earn-600-times-more-than-players-of-1970s-1584946.html | title=Today's Indian cricketers earn 600 times more than players of 1970s | access-date=24 September 2022 | archive-date=24 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924113721/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2017/mar/23/todays-indian-cricketers-earn-600-times-more-than-players-of-1970s-1584946.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

The board appointed [[Ajit Wadekar]] captain [[Indian cricket team in England in 1971|in 1971]], the Indian team won their first test series against England on English soil, and against [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1970–71|the West Indies]], [[Sunil Gavaskar]] made his test debut in latter series.

India won the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]], defeating the defending champions the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] by 43 runs in the [[1983 Cricket World Cup Final|final]] at Lord's. India also won the [[World Championship of Cricket]] in 1985, defeating Pakistan by eight wickets in the [[1985 World Championship of Cricket Final|final]] at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]. The BCCI hosted the [[1987 Cricket World Cup|1987 World Cup]]; it was the first time the event was organised outside England.<ref>{{cite web |title=History|website=Bcci.tv |url=https://www.bcci.tv/about/www.bcci.tv/about/history|access-date=9 December 2021}} {{Dead link |date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===1987–2000===
{{Main|History of cricket in India from 1985–86 to 2000}}

Through the 1980s and early 1990s, BCCI paid {{INR|5 [[lakh]]}} per match to terrestrial television network [[Doordarshan]] to broadcast the Indian cricket team's matches.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 September 2017 |title=How a cash-strapped BCCI in the early 90s became the world's wealthiest board |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/how-a-cash-strapped-bcci-in-the-early-90s-became-the-worlds-wealthiest-board/ |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Economic Times Blog |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922080835/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/how-a-cash-strapped-bcci-in-the-early-90s-became-the-worlds-wealthiest-board/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

It hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup competitions in [[1987 Cricket World Cup|1987]] and [[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]].<ref name=C2 />{{Efn|Sri Lanka–Pakistan co-hosted 1996 ODI ICC Cricket world cup with India.}}

In 1991, BCCI proposed South Africa's readmission to international cricket at the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Viswanath |first1=G. |title=Dalmiya enriched Indian cricket: Bacher |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/BCCI-chief-Jagmohan-Dalmiya-enriched-Indian-cricket-says-Ali-Bacher/article60204103.ece |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=22 September 2015 }}</ref> After the proposal succeeded, the BCCI sold television broadcast rights for the first time; [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]] purchased the rights to broadcast the [[South African cricket team in India in 1991–92|South African cricket tour of India]], South Africa's first official international tour after the [[Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era|21-year boycott]] from international cricket.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.m.economictimes.com/definition/bcci/amp |title=What is BCCI? |website=Economic Times |access-date=20 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172421/https://m.economictimes.com/definition/bcci/amp |url-status=live }}</ref> During this time, South Africa joined the "Asian bloc" of the BCCI and its South-Asian neighbours.

In 1993, the BCCI signed a deal with ''TransWorld International'' (TWI), which would pay the BCCI to televise [[English cricket team in India in 1992–93|England's tour of India]] on satellite television and Doordarshan would pay TWI for the rights to televise the matches in India.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news |title=1993: BCCI puts a price on telecast of its cricket matches |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/20030818-1993-bcci-puts-a-price-on-telecast-of-its-cricket-matches-792084-2003-08-17 |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=India Today }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How a cash-strapped BCCI in the early 90s became the world's wealthiest board |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/how-a-cash-strapped-bcci-in-the-early-90s-became-the-worlds-wealthiest-board/ |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=Economic Times Blog |date=4 September 2017}}</ref> The [[1993 Hero Cup]] was broadcast on [[STAR (India)|Star TV]], which made it the first cricket series to be broadcast on satellite television in India and broke the monopoly of Doordarshan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Doordarshan's intransigent attitude sends the Hero Cup for a six |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/19931130-doordarshan-intransigent-attitude-sends-the-hero-cup-for-a-six-811887-1993-11-29 |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=India Today }}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> A lengthy legal battle between Doordarshan and the BCCI—which was led by [[Jagmohan Dalmiya]] and president [[I. S. Bindra]]—ensued. In February 1995, the [[Supreme Court of India]] ruled the television rights of India's matches were a commodity belonging to the BCCI, for which the broadcaster must pay BCCI and not the other way around.<ref name="icon">{{cite news |title=Cricket's canny iconoclast |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/jagmohan-dalmiya-cricket-s-canny-iconoclast-922183 |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

BCCI, in a joint bid with Pakistan and Sri Lanka, won the rights to host the [[1996 Cricket World Cup]], defeating the England-and-Australia bloc. The tournament was a commercial success,<ref name="gorilla"/> yielding the ICC a profit of $50 million.<ref name="icon"/>

In 1997, Dalmiya became the [[List of International Cricket Council presidents|president of the ICC]].<ref name="gorilla">{{cite news |last1=Ananth |first1=Venkat |title=How BCCI became the 800-pound gorilla of cricket |url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/pVdCJRSBBid7eVxuCwfqcK/How-India-became-the-800-pound-gorilla-of-cricket.html |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=Mint |date=8 December 2014 }}</ref> With Dalmiya at the head of the ICC, the BCCI led a successful proposal to grant [[Test status]] to [[Bangladesh cricket team|Bangladesh]] in 1999–2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=How Indian power play helped Bangladesh rise |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/060217/how-indian-power-play-helped-bangladesh-rise.html |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=6 February 2017 }}</ref>

===21st century===
{{Main|History of cricket in India from 2000–01}}
Since 2000, the BCCI has hosted and organised multiple ICC cricket World Cups competitions that is men's [[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011 ODI world cup]],{{Efn|Bangladesh and Sri Lanka served as Co-host with India.}}, the [[2023 Cricket World Cup|2023 ODI world cup]], the [[2016 ICC World Twenty20|2016 T20 world cup]], the [[2006 ICC Champions Trophy]] and [[2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup|2021 T20 world cups]];{{Efn|2021 ICC T20 world cup was scheduled to take place in India but it was moved to [[UAE]] due to [[COVID-19]] outbreak in India but hosting rights and commercial benefits remained with India's BCCI.<ref name=C2>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2180451 |title=ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 to move to UAE and Oman|website=www.icc-cricket.com}}</ref>}} [[2013 Women's Cricket World Cup|2013]], [[2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2016]] Women's Cricket world cups.

In 2007, the BCCI established the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL), an annual, franchise-based, [[Twenty20 cricket]] league. In 2008, the BCCI sold the ownership rights of eight city-based franchises to corporate groups and Bollywood celebrities in a closed auction for a total of {{USD}}723.49 million;<ref>{{cite news |title=Big business and Bollywood grab stakes in IPL |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-announces-franchise-owners-333193 |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> it also sold the tournament's global media rights for 10 years to [[World Sport Group]] for {{USD}}1.03 billion. The media deal was re-negotiated the following year to $1.6 billion.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mehra |first1=Priyanka |last2=Shukla |first2=Archna |title=The curious case of Indian cricket |url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/vcpLvHXohDpOcco98G7WuO/The-curious-case-of-Indian-cricket.html |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=Mint |date=6 April 2009 }}</ref> In 2010, the BCCI expanded the league to 10 teams, selling two new franchises for a total of {{USD}}703 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=For $703 million, Pune & Kochi join IPL season 4 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/for-703-million-pune-kochi-join-ipl-season-4/articleshow/5710112.cms |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=The Economic Times}}</ref> Due to the IPL's commercial success, similarly styled Twenty20 leagues appeared around the world, as did franchise-based leagues in other sports in India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karhadkar |first1=Amol |title=How did IPL become a success story? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/how-did-ipl-become-a-success-story/article24001697.ece |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=26 May 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pande |first1=Bhanu |title=IPL impact: 5 new sports leagues come up in 18 months, non-cricket sports have no dearth of sponsors |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/ipl-impact-5-new-sports-leagues-come-up-in-18-months-non-cricket-sports-have-no-dearth-of-sponsors/articleshow/12225965.cms |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=The Economic Times}}</ref>

In 2014, the BCCI, Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board seized control of several of the ICC's key committees to form the "Big Three". The foundation of the "Big Three" would result in a complete remodelling of world cricket, with India, England, and Australia now commanding most of cricket's revenue for the foreseeable future.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ramani |first=Srinivasan |date=2008 |title=Cricket, Excesses and Market Mania |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=43 |issue=10 |pages=13–15 |via=JSTOR}}</ref>{{ISBN missing|date=May 2023}}

In 2019, the BCCI recognised retired players' union the [[Indian cricketers association|Indian Cricketers' Association]] (ICA), which was formed after the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme court]] appointed [[Lodha Committee|Lodha committee]]'s recommendation to form an independent organisation for welfare of nation's players. The board also includes this union's one person as "ICA representative" in BCCI and IPL's apex governing council.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BCI approves Indian cricketers association |url=https://www.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/news/bci-approves-indian-cricketers-association/amp_articleshow/70352373.cms |website=Times of India}}{{dead link|date=February 2023}}</ref>

On 14 February 2022, it laid foundation stone for new [[National Cricket Academy]] (NCA) at [[Bangalore]], which will replace old NCA located near [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], Banglore.<ref>{{cite news |last=PTI |first=Press Trust Of India |date=14 February 2022 |title=Work begins on new NCA in Bengaluru, foundation stone laid by BCCI brass |work=The Times Of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/work-begins-on-new-nca-in-bengaluru-foundation-stone-laid-by-bcci-brass/articleshow/89566659.cms |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>

== Women's cricket ==
{{Further |India women's national cricket team #History}}
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[[India women's national cricket team]] represents India in [[Women's international cricket]]. It played its first [[Women's Cricket World Cup]] in [[1978 Women's Cricket World Cup|1978]], when it was first held in India. [[Diana Edulji]] was the first captain of the Indian women's cricket team in [[One Day International]]s (ODIs). The team finished as runner-up in the [[2005 Women's Cricket World Cup|2005]] and [[2017 Women's Cricket World Cup|2017]] World Cup, held in South Africa and England, respectively.<ref name=":1" /> The [[India women's national under-19 cricket team|India women's U19 team]] won the [[2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|inaugural edition]] of women's U19 T20 world cup on 30 January 2023. It defeated [[England women's under-19 cricket team|England]] in [[2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup#Final|the final]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=U19... |url=https://www.esakal.com/amp/krida/u19-t20-world-cup-shafali-verma-created-history-india-beat-england-team-india-winning-moment-celebration-video-viral-ind-vs-eng-cricket-kgm00&ved=2ahUKEwjbwt-Xvu38AhVU9jgGHdusALgQFnoECA0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2Kc-05xJxTpHzaHpwnUbe4 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=ESakal}}</ref>

Women's Cricket World Cup tournaments in [[1978 Women's Cricket World Cup|1978]], [[1997 Women's Cricket World Cup|1997]] and [[2013 Women's Cricket World Cup|2013]] were held in India.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=ICC Women's World Cup History |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/womens-world-cup/history |website=www.icc-cricket.com}}</ref>

In 2007, the governing body of women's cricket in India the [[Women's Cricket Association of India]] was merged into the BCCI after the [[International Women's Cricket Council]] merged into ICC in 2006.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/BCCI-ignores-women%25E2%2580%2599s-cricket-Nutan-Gavaskar/article11077900.ece/amp/%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjAw7D25aD6AhUt8DgGHXrvDjwQFnoECCwQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw2y05r0Qgu8WbpIpOwIES-- | title=BCCI ignores women's cricket: Nutan Gavaskar | newspaper=The Hindu | date=20 October 2014 | access-date=19 October 2022 | archive-date=19 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019121536/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/BCCI-ignores-women%E2%80%99s-cricket-Nutan-Gavaskar/article11077900.ece | url-status=live }}</ref>

On 28 October 2022, BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced it would pay equal sums of money to women's team players as it pays to men's team's players. The BCCI pays men {{INR|15 lakh}} for Test matches, {{INR|6 lakh}} for ODIs and {{INR|3 lakh}} for T20I per match.<ref>{{cite web |title=BCCI bats for pay parity, same match fees for women & men: 'New era of ... |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/bcci-announces-pay-equality-for-women-internationals-8232746/lite/&ved=2ahUKEwi0k_-C6Zb7AhUxh-YKHcMfDfcQFnoECBIQBQ&usg=AOvVaw3nBzCE4mZvxFL4oInPaaaK |website=www.indianexpress.com}}</ref>

On 16 January 2023, the BCCI sold the media rights of [[Women's Indian Premier League|Women Primer League]] (WPL) matches to [[Viacom18]] for {{INR|951 crores}} and its five teams for {{INR|4669.99 crores}} on 25 January 2023. Inspiration to start this league came from the IPL. The [[2023 Women's Premier League (cricket)|first season]] played in 2023.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |title=ePaper |work=[[Lokmat]] |url=http://epaper.lokmat.com/articlepage.php?articleid=LOK_JLLK_20230117_10_4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 January 2023 |title='Let the journey begin': BCCI garners Rs 4669.99 crore for sale of 5 Women's Premier League teams |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/let-the-journey-begin-bcci-garners-rs-4669-99-crore-for-sale-of-5-womens-premier-league-teams/articleshow/97310824.cms |newspaper=[[Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Indian Premier League ==
{{main|Indian Premier League}}

In 2008, the BCCI launched a [[Twenty20]] franchise cricket league, the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL), which has grown to become the world's most-lucrative cricket league, attracting many of the world's top players. It is one of the biggest sports leagues in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Board-of-Control-for-Cricket-in-India|title=Board of Control for Cricket in India | Indian cricket organization|website=Britannica.com|access-date=19 November 2021|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119182936/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Board-of-Control-for-Cricket-in-India|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemeehallwood/2020/09/16/the-worlds-6th-biggest-sports-league-starts-this-weekend-americans-this-is-why-you-should-be-watching-ipl-cricket/?sh=46909f403987|title=The World's 6th-Biggest Sports League Starts This Weekend: Americans, This is Why You Should be Watching IPL Cricket|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=19 November 2021|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119182936/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemeehallwood/2020/09/16/the-worlds-6th-biggest-sports-league-starts-this-weekend-americans-this-is-why-you-should-be-watching-ipl-cricket/?sh=46909f403987|url-status=live}}</ref> The IPL is the BCCI's major revenue source and is the only league to have a special window in [[ICC Future Tours Programme]] (ICC FTP), meaning very little international cricket is organised during the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |first=Nagraj |last=Gollapudi |title=IPL now has window in ICC Future Tours Programme |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-now-has-window-in-icc-future-tours-programme-1129304 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=12 December 2015 |access-date=23 September 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923082007/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-now-has-window-in-icc-future-tours-programme-1129304 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023 BCCI sold IPL's media rights for record breaking [[USD|$]]6.02 bn for the period of 2023–27.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=IPL media rights sold in record-breaking $6bn deal |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-61793888.amp&ved=2ahUKEwiqlurjov_-AhXgzTgGHWUzC_0QFnoECCcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3uyoo32Jd7_gnchf8XPBAs |access-date=18 May 2023 |website=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

There are 10 teams in IPL, BCCI organise the tournament annually during summer in March–May in various stadiums in India.<ref name=":11" />

===IPL controversies===
{{Further|Controversies involving the Indian Premier League # Dispute with other cricket boards|3=India–Pakistan relations|India–Pakistan cricket rivalry}}

In 2008, the BCCI banned Pakistani players from playing in the IPL due to the nation's involvement in the [[2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks]],<ref>{{cite web |title=ECB should break the global silence on Pakistan's sad and strange IPL exile | Jonathan Liew |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=26 October 2020 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/oct/26/ecb-global-silence-pakistan-ipl-exile |access-date=10 October 2022 |archive-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010163156/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/oct/26/ecb-global-silence-pakistan-ipl-exile |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= IPL team owners not in favour of including Pakistani cricketers in CSA & UAE T20 leagues: Report|date= 7 August 2022|url= https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/ipl-team-owners-not-in-favour-of-including-pakistani-cricketers-in-csa-uae-t20-leagues-report-article-93404018|access-date= 10 October 2022|archive-date= 10 October 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221010163157/https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/ipl-team-owners-not-in-favour-of-including-pakistani-cricketers-in-csa-uae-t20-leagues-report-article-93404018|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Shuja Pasha admitted ISI's role in Mumbai attack: Ex-CIA chief | website=[[The Hindu]] | date=23 February 2016 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Shuja-Pasha-admitted-ISI%25E2%2580%2599s-role-in-Mumbai-attack-ex-CIA-chief/article60512970.ece/amp/%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjVx47Nitb6AhW98TgGHbUIChsQFnoECCIQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw2gLssEzy9QMwRTo4gjmgnZ | access-date=19 October 2022 | archive-date=19 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019121509/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Shuja-Pasha-admitted-ISI%E2%80%99s-role-in-Mumbai-attack-ex-CIA-chief/article60512970.ece | url-status=live }}</ref> in which Pakistani trained terrorists slew 166 people and injured 238. This ban was extended four years on, in 2012, due to the BCCI being 'wary' of several issues regarding Pakistani participation like off-field misdemeanours and [[spot fixing|spot-fixing]] allegations.<ref>{{cite web|title= BCCI welcomes Pakistan for series but slams the door on IPL|url= https://www.indiatoday.in/cricket/story/india-pakistan-cricket-bcci-ipl-shahid-afridi-saeed-ajmal-123526-2012-12-05|access-date= 11 October 2022|archive-date= 11 October 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221011132813/https://www.indiatoday.in/cricket/story/india-pakistan-cricket-bcci-ipl-shahid-afridi-saeed-ajmal-123526-2012-12-05|url-status= live}}</ref>

This was accompanied by the body opposing any bilateral series with the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] (PCB), restricting India-Pakistan encounters to multinational ICC and [[Asian Cricket Council|ACC]] events. Since that time, it has rebuffed several approaches by the PCB for a resumption of bilateral cricketing tie as, according to the BCCI, India cannot not play against Pakistan without the [[Government of India|Government of India's]] (which considers Pakistan to be a state-sponsor of terrorism) permission.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/india-at-un-urges-countries-to-call-out-pakistan-for-supporting-terror-outfits-101662032878238-amp.html&ved=2ahUKEwjrlaC-wfn6AhUrRmwGHRa3B7QQFnoECAkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0YyhW10K7B23nVkfvObdcR|title=India at UN urges countries to call out Pakistan for supporting terror outfits.|
access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pak army offered Rs 30,000 to terrorist to attack Indian Army post| newspaper=The Week |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2022/08/24/pak-army-offered-rs-30000-to-terrorist-to-attack-indian-army-post.amp.html&ved=2ahUKEwiy2ZLrxPn6AhXbcGwGHSu5BUU4ChAWegQIHRAB&usg=AOvVaw39S5zbFBwgta1sdjW-vB-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-has-given-us-nothing-but-lies-and-deceit-says-donald-trump/article61497918.ece|title=Pakistan has given U.S. nothing but lies and deceit, says Donald Trump|first=Varghese K.|last=George|newspaper=The Hindu |date=1 January 2018|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> In 2017, the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|Sports Minister of India]], [[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]] said Pakistan should first stop sponsoring terrorists.<ref>{{cite web|title= 'We have our integrity. Why should we run behind India? If they want, they'll come and play Pakistan': Ex-PCB chairman|date= 12 May 2022|url= https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/india-pakistan-cricket-we-have-our-integrity-why-should-we-run-behind-india-if-they-want-they-ll-come-and-play-pakistan-says-ex-pcb-chairman-ehsan-mani-101652335787751.html|access-date= 15 October 2022|archive-date= 15 October 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221015124611/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/india-pakistan-cricket-we-have-our-integrity-why-should-we-run-behind-india-if-they-want-they-ll-come-and-play-pakistan-says-ex-pcb-chairman-ehsan-mani-101652335787751.html|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Terrorism and sports can't go along, says Sports Minister Vijay Goel|date= 3 May 2017|url= https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/terrorism-and-sports-cant-go-along-says-sports-minister-vijay-goel/|access-date= 15 October 2022|archive-date= 15 October 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221015124610/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/terrorism-and-sports-cant-go-along-says-sports-minister-vijay-goel/|url-status= live}}</ref>

BCCI pays 10 percent from the salary of every foreign player to their respective national board. In 2022, the [[Australian Cricketers' Association]] expressed their unhappiness about these payments.<ref name=stars/>

== Controversies ==

=== Conflicts of interest ===
{{Further|Indian Premier League #Controversies}}
[[India Cements]]-[[Chennai Super Kings|Chennai Super Kings']] owner and former president [[N. Srinivasan]] was criticised for his alleged biased behaviour towards some state boards by awarding them ODI, Test and T20 matches while in office, possibly in violation of the board's rotation policy on venues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/bcci-to-go-back-to-rotation-policy/lite/&ved=2ahUKEwjMu-790aT0AhUGkNgFHROeDicQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3cra9ZL_wTYlwhdXl-jA3w&ampcf=1|title=BCCI to go back to rotation policy|website=Indianexpress.com|date=29 April 2015|access-date=29 May 2022|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119145202/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/bcci-to-go-back-to-rotation-policy/lite/%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjMu-790aT0AhUGkNgFHROeDicQFnoECAQQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw3cra9ZL_wTYlwhdXl-jA3w%26ampcf%3D1/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=stars>{{cite web |date=7 September 2010 |title=Australia stars in contract dispute after Cricket Australia makes IPL cash grab |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/indian-premier-league/australia-stars-in-contract-dispute-after-cricket-australia-makes-ipl-cash-grab/news-story/69aca1333b2bbc3e07df1a9d1192bd0e |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Fox Sports }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.in/cricket/story/_/id/22863942/venues-decided-rotation-policy-bcci-secretary&ved=2ahUKEwjMu-790aT0AhUGkNgFHROeDicQFnoECD0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw1XYDcaKAJrYXX_5mkz_OI6|title=Venues decided by rotation policy – BCCI secretary|website=Espn.in|date=15 July 2008|access-date=29 May 2022|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119145244/https://www.espn.in/cricket/story/_/id/22863942/venues-decided-rotation-policy-bcci-secretary%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjMu-790aT0AhUGkNgFHROeDicQFnoECD0QAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw1XYDcaKAJrYXX_5mkz_OI6|url-status=live}}</ref>

During Srinivasan's tenure as treasur in BCCI before he became the president, the board constitution was amended to facilitate him to buy an IPL franchise, through his company [[India Cements]] during the 2008 IPL team auction (An event held where 8 teams was sold through an open auction).<ref>{{cite web |date=22 May 2013 |title=How Srinivasan changed BCCI rule book to own Chennai Super Kings |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/srinivasan-changed-bcci-rule-book-to-own-chennai-super-kings-164231-2013-05-22 |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=India Today |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928130658/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/srinivasan-changed-bcci-rule-book-to-own-chennai-super-kings-164231-2013-05-22 |url-status=live }}</ref> Srinivasan courted further controversy for appointing India national side's and Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) captain [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] as a vice-president of India Cements.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 February 2013 |title=Mahendra Singh Dhoni named India Cements vice-president |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/mahendra-singh-dhoni-named-india-cements-vice-president/articleshow/18289774.cms?from=mdr |access-date=18 November 2022 |website=Economic Times }}</ref> He also interfered in national team's selection, in 2012 ex BCCI selector [[Mohinder Amarnath]] reveled that selectors wanted to sack Dhoni from skipper post, after India lost 8 test in a row, including "disastrous series in Australia", they wanted to replace him, it was a unanimous decision by selectors, but Shrinivasan didn't allowed to happen it.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-12-12 |title=Five selectors wanted to sack MS Dhoni but BCCI chief Srinivasan prevented it: Mohinder Amarnath |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/five-selectors-wanted-to-sack-ms-dhoni-but-bcci-chief-srinivasan-prevented-it-mohinder-amarnath/articleshow/17586651.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-07-01 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> Srinivasan's son-in-law [[Gurunath Meiyappan]], who was team principal of CSK, was arrested for involvement in Spot-fixing and betting. Then unrecognised state association by BCCI, the [[Bihar Cricket Association]], filed a petition against it for mismanagement and conflict of interest in its investigation of [[2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case|2013 IPL corruption scandal]]. In 2013, Mumbai police arrested the Indian cricket team's regular player [[S. Sreesanth]], other players and IPL team owners of Chennai Super Kings and [[Rajasthan Royals]] for their dealings with the illegal betting industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supreme Court approves new BCCI constitution, with a couple of key tweaks |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/supreme-court-approves-new-bcci-constitution-with-a-couple-of-key-tweaks-1154796 |website=ESPN|date=9 August 2018 }}</ref> In 2015, the Supreme Court appointed the [[Lodha Committee]] suspended Chennai Super Kings from the IPL for two years, and suspended Meiyappan from cricket activities for life.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 February 2013 |title=Mahendra Singh Dhoni named India Cements vice-president |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/csk-rr-suspended-from-ipl-for-2-years-meiyappan-kundra-banned-for-life/articleshow/48067702.cms |access-date=18 November 2022 |website=Times of India }}</ref> In 2013, [[Rupa Gurunath]]—N Shrinivasan's daughter and Gurunath Meiyappan's wife—who was then president of [[Tamil Nadu Cricket Association]], was found guilty of conflict of interest by the BCCI's ethics officer Justice [[D. K. Jain|D.K. Jain]]. In 2015, the [[Supreme Court of India]] barred Srinivasan from the BCCI for contesting elections due to his conflict of interests; the court also struck down the amendments of BCCI constitution that had allowed him to own and operate an IPL team.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} However he still owns the CSK franchise. In January 2015, Supreme court quashed BCCI'S rule, which allowed its administrators to have financial interests in cash rich leagues such as Championship league, IPL etc. The court barred individuals including N Shrinivasan from BCCI election, who have financial interests in events organised by BCCI.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-23 |title=N Srinivasan can't contest BCCI elections, board functions public and amenable to judicial reviews, says Supreme Court |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/gurunath-meiyappan-was-involved-in-betting-bcci-functions-are-public-supreme-court/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

The BCCI does not allow its contracted, non-contracted, national and domestic players to participate in any cricket leagues abroad. Only players who have retired from all formats of Indian cricket can take part in foreign leagues. Players such as [[Adam Gilchrist]] have questioned this policy. Indian players such as [[Suresh Raina]] and [[Robin Uthappa]] have urged the board to allow non-contracted players like them to participate in foreign leagues.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 August 2022 |title=CSK can't use MS Dhoni as mentor in SA T20 League |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/no-indian-player-can-play-or-mentor-any-team-in-overseas-t20-leagues-bcci-8087141/ |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=The Indian Express |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012144020/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/no-indian-player-can-play-or-mentor-any-team-in-overseas-t20-leagues-bcci-8087141/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Revealed: Why BCCI doesn't allow its players to participate in foreign leagues |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/article/revealed-why-bcci-doesnt-allow-its-players-to-participate-in-foreign-leagues/595643 |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=www.timesnownews.com |date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012152721/https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/article/revealed-why-bcci-doesnt-allow-its-players-to-participate-in-foreign-leagues/595643 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Tax evasions ====
Many times BCCI avoided paying taxes to the government. Once it claimed that it is a "charitable organisation", to avoid paying taxes and often disguises itself as an Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article2910033.ece|title=The Hindu : Sport / Cricket : BCCI not a 'charitable organisation'|website=[[The Hindu]] |date=20 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220093127/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article2910033.ece |archive-date=20 February 2012 }}</ref> In 2014, [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of finance]] revealed that, there were as many as 213 cases of tax envisions of BCCI/IPL from 2009–10 to 2014, involving 261.64 Cr rupees.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/213-cases-of-service-tax-evasion-against-bcciipl/article6708377.ece | title=213 cases of service tax evasion against BCCI, IPL | newspaper=The Hindu | date=19 December 2014 }}</ref> In the decade of 2010s, almost every year the [[Income Tax Department]] demand the BCCI their 'outstanding income tax' (see details - [[#Tax payment]] ). Frequently till 2012, the board got exemptions for tax under the IT Act 1961 (section 11) but later Income tax department declared BCCI'S earnings as commercial and listed them as business incomes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/sports/cricket/bcci-income-tax-evasion-revenue-department | title=BCCI Issued Notice in Tax Evasion Case by Revenue Department | date=19 March 2019 }}</ref> Whenever ICC organises an international event such as world cup in India, it asks BCCI to get tax exemptions from its government. During 2016 T20 world cup, Modi government gave them 10% exemption.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.india.com/sports/bcci-must-pay-tax-host-t20-world-cup-in-india-ex-treasurer-kishore-rungta-4331934/ | title=BCCI Must Pay Tax & Host T20 World Cup in India: Ex-Treasurer Kishore Rungta }}</ref> According to ''[[Deccan Herald|Deccan Herald's]]'' article on 19 December 2021, even though BCCI is one of the world's richest sports bodies and earns thousands of millions of rupees per year, it shows unwillingness to pay income taxes and finds loopholes in laws to avoid paying taxes.<ref>{{Cite news |title=BCCI must pay tax |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/second-edit/bcci-must-pay-tax-1062630.html |newspaper=Deccan Herald}}</ref>

==== Politicians in the board ====

Politicians from multiple political parties have held positions within BCCI; [[Sharad Pawar]] of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]], [[Madhavrao Scindia]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Anurag Thakur]] of [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] (BJP) were BCCI presidents, {{as of|2023}}, latter's brother Arun Singh Dhumal is the IPL chairman. Jay Shah, the son of the Home Minister of India [[Amit Shah]], is BCCI's secretary. [[Rajiv Shukla]] of the Congress party is its vice-president, he is in BCCI continuously since 2000s and held various top positions, he was IPL president from 2011 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BCCI revamp: Rajeev Shukla, for whom grass is always. |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rajeev-shukla-congress-mp-cricket-administrator-bcci-ipl-bjp-8213504/ |website=[[Indian express]]|date=17 October 2022 }}</ref> [[Ashish Shelar]] of BJP is the treasurer.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=State association and long hist of politicians in BCCI |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/state-associations-bcci-and-the-long-history-of-politicians-in-cricket--news-225003/amp&ved=2ahUKEwiVldLm_Ob7AhUiT2wGHYPdDokQFnoECAwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1sFXmGIdOJfUQqffPdfNK- |magazine=Outlook}}</ref>

=== Lodha committee reform ===
The BCCI has been criticised for its monopolistic practices, and has suffered from allegations of corruption and cronyism. {{specify|date=October 2022}}{{which|date=October 2022}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/sports/cricket/05iht-cricket05.html|title=No Easy Cure for Indian Cricket|last=Richards|first=Huw|date=4 June 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=28 March 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103054347/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/sports/cricket/05iht-cricket05.html|archive-date=3 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Supreme Court of India]] appointed a committee to make reforms in BCCI, headed by justice [[R. M. Lodha]], the [[Lodha Committee|Lodha committee]] suggested many reforms to the BCCI, but BCCI did not implemented them as a result Supreme court removed officials of the BCCI.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supreme Court bars N Srinivasan, Niranjan Shah from attending BCCI SGM |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/supreme-court-bars-n-srinivasan-niranjan-shah-from-attending-bcci-sgm-4765025/ |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> On 30 January 2017, The Supreme Court of India nominated a four-member 'Committee of Administrators' (COA) composed of [[Vinod Rai]], [[Ramachandra Guha]], [[Vikram Limaye]] and [[Diana Edulji]] to administer the BCCI to implement Lodha Committee's reforms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2017/jan/30/supreme-court-appoints-four-member-panel-to-run-bcci-1565082--1.html |title=Supreme Court appoints four-member panel to run BCCI |access-date=27 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428053934/http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2017/jan/30/supreme-court-appoints-four-member-panel-to-run-bcci-1565082--1.html |archive-date=28 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Vinod Rai, a retired civil servant and the former [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]], led the committee, which administered the board until elections could be conducted.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/ready-for-all-possible-scenarios-coa-head-rai-on-ct-future/articleshow/58420345.cms |title=Ready for all possible scenarios: COA head Rai on CT future | Cricket News |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=28 April 2017 |access-date=28 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428235935/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/ready-for-all-possible-scenarios-coa-head-rai-on-ct-future/articleshow/58420345.cms |archive-date=28 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1097252.html |title='Stop confronting, start talking' |access-date=11 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511103816/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1097252.html |archive-date=11 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1097252.html|title='Stop confronting, start talking'|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511103816/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1097252.html|archive-date=11 May 2017|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref>

Many years BCCI consistently opposed to adhere regulations of the [[National Anti-Doping Agency (India)|National Anti-Doping Agency, India]] (NADA). On 9 August 2019, it agreed to adhere the anti-doping mechanisms governed by the NADA.<ref>{{cite web |title=BCCI agrees to come under NADA ambit |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27354021/bcci-agrees-come-nada-ambit |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 August 2019 |date=9 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809140135/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27354021/bcci-agrees-come-nada-ambit |archive-date=9 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BCCI finally comes under NADA, first step towards becoming National Sports Federation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/bcci-finally-comes-under-nada-officially-becomes-national-sports-federation/articleshow/70602918.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=9 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809183112/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/bcci-finally-comes-under-nada-officially-becomes-national-sports-federation/articleshow/70602918.cms |archive-date=9 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Rebel league===
The rebel league the [[Indian Cricket League]] (ICL) was owned and operated by [[Essel Group]]. BCCI banned Indian players who played in the ICL, including [[Hemang Badani]], [[Dinesh Mongia]], [[Rohan Gavaskar]] and [[Ambati Rayudu]], but later gave amnesty to these players and lifted theirs bans after they ended their ties with the ICL.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2012 |title=BCCI lifts ban on Kapil Dev after he snaps ties with ICL |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/cricket/story/bcci-lifts-ban-on-kapil-dev-after-he-snaps-ties-with-icl-111018-2012-07-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508070637/https://www.indiatoday.in/cricket/story/bcci-lifts-ban-on-kapil-dev-after-he-snaps-ties-with-icl-111018-2012-07-25 |archive-date=8 May 2022 |access-date=8 May 2022 |website=India Today }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=3 July 2019 |title=Rayudu's ICL Ban to WC Snub – A Career That Never Really Took Off |url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/cricket/ambati-rayudu-career-journey-icl-to-team-india |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508070637/https://www.thequint.com/sports/cricket/ambati-rayudu-career-journey-icl-to-team-india |archive-date=8 May 2022 |access-date=8 May 2022 |website=TheQuint }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Cricket Board lifts ban on ICL players |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/indian-cricket-board-lifts-ban-on-icl-players-1599146 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508071829/https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/indian-cricket-board-lifts-ban-on-icl-players-1599146 |archive-date=8 May 2022 |access-date=8 May 2022 |website=NDTVSports.com }}</ref> The BCCI blacklisted Essel Group company [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises]] due to this league, and expelled it from the BCCI in 2021. Zee was prohibited from buying BCCI's media rights.<ref>{{cite web |title=BCCI to rope in KPMG for media rights bid process
|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/bcci-to-rope-in-kpmg-for-media-rights-bid-process-7690532/ |website=[[The Times of India]]|date=26 December 2021 }}</ref> In 2006, the BCCI sold the Indian cricket team's media rights to Zee for the 2006-11 period but after Essel Group initiated the ICL, the BCCI terminated this deal. Zee fought a long legal battle with the BCCI; on 12 March 2018, a tribunal headed by three judges found BCCI guilty and asked them to pay Zee {{INR|140 crores}} for losses. The tribunal found blacklisting of Zee by BCCI was illegal and said in judgement; "To us it seems that BCCI was exploiting its dominating position in respect of game of cricket in India" and also added Zee and its affiliated companies to the blacklist and banning them from participating in the BCCI bidding process was illegal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 12, 2018 |title=Tribunal finds blacklisting of ZEE 'illegal', asks BCCI to pay Rs 140 crore |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/tribunal-finds-blacklisting-of-zee-illegal-asks-bcci-to-pay-rs-140-crore/article20529063.ece |work=The Hindu Business Line}}</ref>

===Virat Kohli sacking===
In 2021 BCCI sacked [[Virat Kohli]] from ODI captaincy, then President Ganguly told media that the BCCI asked him to remain captain but Kohli was not interested. After which Kohli took a press conference and contradicted him (Ganguly), revealing that BCCI did not ask him to remain captain. In February 2023, in a sting operation of [[Zee News]], then chief national selector [[Chetan Sharma]], made shocking revelations, accusing Kohli of lying and in fact president Ganguly had told him to remain as captain, in a meeting in front of all the selectors. According to Sharma, Virat Kohli was considering himself bigger than BCCI and wanted to teach a lesson to the President of the BCCI. He also revealed that after Kohli resigned from T20 captaincy, BCCI decided to sack him from ODI captaincy as well because they did not want two separate captains for limited overs format.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/he-wanted-to-teach-ganguly-a-lesson-chetan-sharma-on-ego-clash-between-virat-kohli-and-ex-bcci-president-article-97942636 | title='He wanted to teach Ganguly a lesson': Chetan Sharma on 'ego clash' between Virat Kohli and ex-BCCI president | date=15 February 2023 }}</ref>

Sharma also alleged that lots of Indian players take injections to expedite their return in national team despite being 80 to 85% fit.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.financialexpress.com/sports/the-bcci-sting-kohli-vs-ganguly-performance-injections-more-what-chetan-sharma-revealed/2982546/ | title=The BCCI Sting: Kohli vs Ganguly, performance injections and more – What Chetan Sharma revealed | the Financial Express | date=15 February 2023 }}</ref> After few days he resigned from his post.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Chetan Sharma resigns as India's chairman of selectors after TV sting operation |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/chetan-sharma-resigns-as-indias-chairman-of-selectors-after-sting-operation-1359379 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

===Criticism of BCCI and National selection committee ===
BCCI and [[India national cricket team selectors|its selection committee]] are routinely slammed for irregularities in their selection process. Ideally, the national team's selectors should select players based upon their performance in all forms of domestic cricket but often a higher precedence is alleged to be given to the performance in the IPL, even in the selection of Test squads. This results in the de facto exclusion of players who regularly do well in domestic tournaments like the Ranji Trophy. In 2023 [[Sunil Gavaskar]], [[Aakash Chopra]], [[Abhinav Mukund]], media and many fans slammed BCCI for doing this, Gavaskar fumed said if you (BCCI-selectors) do not consider and choose best performers from Ranji trophy for India's Test team then stop organising it (Ranji trophy), then just organise IPL and select players from it.<ref>{{cite web |title= Unable to understand these selections: India star shoots explosive tweet slamming BCCI for overlooking Ranji Trophy |date= 24 June 2023|url= https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/unable-to-understand-these-selections-india-star-shoots-explosive-tweet-slamming-bcci-for-overlooking-ranji-trophy-101687545282317.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lokmat.com/cricket/news/ind-vs-wi-series-former-indian-captain-and-legendary-opening-batter-sunil-gavaskar-has-slammed-bcci-selectors-for-ignoring-sarfaraz-khan-once-again-a-a593/ |title= IPL च्या कामगिरीवरूनच निवड होणार असेल, तर मग युवकांनी रणजीमध्ये खेळायचंच कशाला?|date= 24 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-24 |title=Sarfaraz Khan breaks silence on India Test snub for West Indies series with blockbuster response to BCCI selectors |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/sarfaraz-khan-breaks-silence-on-india-test-snub-for-west-indies-series-with-blockbuster-response-to-bcci-selectors-101687614134890.html |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-24 |title='How did he jump the queue?': After Gavaskar's rant, ex-India opener blasts BCCI over Gaikwad's selection |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/how-did-he-jump-queue-sunil-gavaskar-rant-ex-india-opener-wasim-jaffer-blasts-bcci-over-ruturaj-gaikwad-test-selection-101687620585310.html |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> Former India skipper [[Sourav Ganguly]] also has raised questions on selection process, while talking about appointment of [[Ajinkya Rahane]] as Test team's vice-captain for the 2023 West Indies tour. Rahane was dropped from the Test team for 18 months, then BCCI selected him in the squad for the [[2023 World Test Championship Final|2023 World test championship final]], and after playing just one game they (BCCI) made him vice-captain of the Test team; Ganguly said there should be "consistency and continuity" in selection process, this is "difficult to understand". Some also claim that BCCI's selectors use different yard stick for different players, they usually select players by looking their stardom, big name, past performance rather than current.<ref name=K>{{cite web | url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/virat-kohli-has-same-average-ex-india-star-questions-cheteshwar-pujaras-exclusion-4149858 | title="Virat Kohli Has Same Average...": Ex-India Star Questions Cheteshwar Pujara's Exclusion | Cricket News }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2023 |title=Difficult to understand Ajinkya Rahane's elevation to Test vice captaincy, just after comeback: Sourav Ganguly |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/news/difficult-to-understand-ajinkya-rahanes-elevation-to-test-vice-captaincy-just-after-comeback-sourav-ganguly/articleshow/101361684.cms |website=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> It is said that the selectors often choose players for national side by considering their one or two best innings in IPL, it seems awarding Indian cap (place in national team) has became[sic] an everydays affair. The position of the captain is also not fixed in the team, random players getting selected as captain, almost each bilateral series had new captain, it is evident by the fact that as of July 2022, the Indian team had 8 different people as captain in last 1 year, almost everyone who played in last 5 year for the team got opportunity to become national team's captain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=With 8 captains in 1 year, the Indian cricket team is a puzzle too complex for BCCI |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/sports/news/with-8-captains-in-1-year-the-indian-cricket-team-is-a-puzzle-too-complex-for-bcci/articleshow/92588086.cms |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> [[Venkatesh Prasad]] said "There is no consistency in selection random stuff happening too much."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-14 |title=MS Dhoni Meant It...: Venkatesh Prasad Slams Dravid, Rohit, Hardik For 'Process' Talk After Defeat |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/ms-dhoni-meant-it-venkatesh-prasad-slams-dravid-rohit-hardik-for-process-talk-after-defeat-article-102725692 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}</ref> Since last 2 to 3 years, BCCI consistently doing experiments with the national team (senior men's team), numerous players got selected, but majority of them never got chance to play consistently, as a result of this, there is uncertainty in the one day team, apart from 3-4 players, its not certain who will get selected and who will not (Specially for world cup 2023). It is said that due to BCCI's experiments since 2019 world cup, the team yet not settled, even though [[2023 Cricket World Cup|2023 world cup]] is 2.5 months away. The players are also inconsistent in their performance.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-27 |title=वर्ल्ड कप जिंकायचा की हरायचा? |trans-title=Win world cup or lose ? |pages=5 (II) |work=[[Lokmat]] |url=http://epaper.lokmat.com/articlepage.php?articleid=LOK_JLLK_20230827_9_13 |access-date=2023-08-27}}</ref>

In July 2023, BCCI has faced heavy criticism on social media for not broadcasting domestic tournaments such [[Deodhar Trophy|Deodhar trophy]], [[Duleep Trophy|Duleep trophy]] etc. on TV.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |title=BCCI wakes up finally, to... | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=10 July 2023 |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/news/bcci-wakes-up-finally-to-live-stream-duleep-trophy-final-and-deodhar-games/articleshow/101646898.cms?_gl=1*5he996*_ga*MTYwMjgwNjU4Ny4xNjg5MDU2MzM3*_ga_FCN624MN68*MTY4OTA1NjM0Mi4xLjEuMTY4OTA1NjM1Ni40Ni4wLjA. }}</ref>

== Organisation ==
{{Further|Category: Cricket administration in India|label1=about Cricket administration in India}}

===Constitution===
The BCCI is governed by its constitution. The board has been prohibited by the [[Supreme Court of India]] from amending its own constitution without its approval.<ref name=C/>

=== Headquarters ===
The BCCI's headquarters is located at the [[Cricket Centre]] within the premises of the [[Mumbai Cricket Association]] at [[Wankhede Stadium]] in [[Churchgate]], Mumbai, where it occupies three floors of a four-floor building.<ref>{{cite news |author=Qaiser Mohammad Ali New |date=27 May 2015 |title=BCCI spending more on insurance policies |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/bcci-insurance-policies-for-players-254865-2015-05-27 |access-date=20 May 2022 |newspaper=India Today |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520104453/https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/bcci-insurance-policies-for-players-254865-2015-05-27 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Legal status===
According to the BCCI, it is an autonomous body and does not receive any grants or funding from the Indian government. In 2004, in the Supreme Court of India, the BCCI's lawyers said the Indian cricket team is "the official team of BCCI and not the official team of India". The lawyers also said the BCCI "do not even fly the national flag" and that it never "uses any national emblem in the activities of the Board". The BCCI recommends its players for prestigious awards such as the [[Arjuna award]] but says it is not a national sports federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/yes-team-india-needs-bcci-to-be-a-public-body/|title=Yes, Team India needs BCCI to be a public body|date=19 April 2018|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=9 December 2021|archive-date=10 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210035531/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/yes-team-india-needs-bcci-to-be-a-public-body/|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Dubious span|text=The BCCI is registered as a society in Tamil Nadu under the societies registration act<ref>{{cite web |title=BCCI Under RTI: World's Richest Cricket Body Is Now Answerable To The People Of India |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/bcci-under-rti-worlds-richest-cricket-body-is-now-answerable-to-the-people-of-india/317566 |website=www.outlookindia.com |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref> and it denies coming under Article 12 of Indian constitution.|date=November 2022}} Since its foundation, the BCCI has not been sanctioned by Government of India; without sanction it started as a national governing body of cricket in India and as a sole representative of India in international cricket.<ref name=":8">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/pil-to-prohibit-bcci-from-representing-india/articleshow/67203263.cms|title=bcci: PIL to prohibit BCCI from representing India|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 December 2018 |access-date=9 December 2021|archive-date=10 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210034027/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/pil-to-prohibit-bcci-from-representing-india/articleshow/67203263.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Logo===
The BCCI's logo is derived from the ''[[Star of India (flag)|Star of India]]'' emblem. According to [[Information Commissioner of India|Information Commissioner]] [[Madabhushi Sridhar|Sridhar Acharyulu]], the logo was designed by the [[British Raj|Government of India]] in 1928. It is 90% similar to the ''Star of India''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Why Team India still uses British-era logo: CIC to PMO|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/why-team-india-still-uses-british-era-logo-cic-to-pmo/articleshow/59202742.cms|access-date=27 November 2021|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=27 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127135158/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/why-team-india-still-uses-british-era-logo-cic-to-pmo/articleshow/59202742.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Why Team India still uses British-era logo: Central Information Commission to PMO|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/why-team-india-still-uses-british-era-logo-central-information-commission-to-pmo/articleshow/59202287.cms?from=mdr|access-date=27 November 2021|archive-date=27 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127133202/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/why-team-india-still-uses-british-era-logo-central-information-commission-to-pmo/articleshow/59202287.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref> The BCCI was alleged to use old official government emblem without prior permission from Government of India and it is an offence under the [[Emblems and Names (Prevention of improper use) Act 1950|Emblem and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950.]]<ref name=":8" />

===National teams===
[[File:Rohit Sharma during the India vs Australia 4th Test match at Narendra Modi Stadium.jpg|thumb|140px| [[Rohit Sharma]], India cricket team skipper ]]
The BCCI have '[[India cricket team]] (men), [[India women's national cricket team|Women national team]], India [[India national under-19 cricket team|men's]] and women's U19 teams which represents India in international level cricket while it also govern second-tier or junior teams: [[India A cricket team|India A]], B (men's), India A Women's. [[Rohit Sharma]] is the skipper of the India cricket team. It has won the 1983, 2011 ODI, and [[2007 ICC World Twenty20|2007 T20]] world cups.

=== Anti-corruption unit ===
The BCCI has a special anti-corruption unit that is responsible for preventing malpractice in cricket within India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/about/anti-corruption|title=Anti Corruption|website=Bcci.tv|access-date=27 November 2021|archive-date=23 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123161548/https://www.bcci.tv/about/anti-corruption|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/sports/dark-side-of-cricket-future-of-mini-ipls-looks-bleak-as-bcci-anti-corruption-unit-waves-a-red-flag/2188525/lite/|title=Dark side of Cricket! Future of mini-IPLs looks bleak as BCCI anti-corruption unit waves a red flag|newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]|date=5 February 2021|access-date=27 November 2021|archive-date=27 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127133644/https://www.financialexpress.com/sports/dark-side-of-cricket-future-of-mini-ipls-looks-bleak-as-bcci-anti-corruption-unit-waves-a-red-flag/2188525/lite/|url-status=live}}</ref> This unit is responsible for investigating unlawful activities such as betting, spot-fixing, match-fixing and corrupt approaches to players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ipl-2020-bcci-anti-corruption-unit-starts-investigation-after-player-reports-corrupt-approach-1728071-2020-10-03|title=IPL 2020: BCCI Anti-corruption unit starts investigation after player reports corrupt approach|newspaper=[[India Today]]|access-date=9 December 2021|archive-date=27 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127134439/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ipl-2020-bcci-anti-corruption-unit-starts-investigation-after-player-reports-corrupt-approach-1728071-2020-10-03|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shabir Hussein]] has been the head of this unit since April 2021 .<ref>{{cite web|title= BCCI appoints former Gujarat DGP Shabir Hussein as its Anti-Corruption Unit chief ahead of IPL 2021|url= https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/bcci-appoints-former-gujarat-dgp-shabir-hussein-as-its-anti-corruption-unit-chief-1787286-2021-04-05|access-date= 9 October 2022|archive-date= 9 October 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221009040833/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/bcci-appoints-former-gujarat-dgp-shabir-hussein-as-its-anti-corruption-unit-chief-1787286-2021-04-05|url-status= live}}</ref>

==== Ethics officer ====
Former Indian Supreme Court judge [[Vineet Saran]] is the BCCI's incumbent ethics officer and ombudsman. He was appointed in June 2022.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/former-sc-judge-vineet-saran-appointed-bcci-ethics-officer/article65659583.ece | title=Former SC judge Vineet Saran appointed BCCI ethics officer | newspaper=The Hindu | date=19 July 2022 | access-date=28 September 2022 | archive-date=28 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928152648/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/former-sc-judge-vineet-saran-appointed-bcci-ethics-officer/article65659583.ece | url-status=live }}</ref> The board created this ethics officer post in 2017 due to increasing complaints of [[conflict of interest]] in the board's office holders, employees and associated people. The officer reviews complaints of conflict of interest.<ref>{{cite news |title=BCCI to have ethics officer to look into conflict of interest |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-bcci-to-have-ethics-officer-to-look-into-conflict-of-interest-2470133 |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=DNA India |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928153706/https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-bcci-to-have-ethics-officer-to-look-into-conflict-of-interest-2470133 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Anti-doping unit====
Dr. Abhijit Salvi is the head of BCCI's anti-doping unit. NADA sends qualified doctors to collect blood and urine sample of players and later analyse it in lab to find out performance-enhancing drugs or steroids in blood. After that BCCI takes appropriate actions if found doing violations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/sports/news-detail-819625|title=BCCI wants docs to collect dope samples, be involved in testing : The Tribune India|access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>

=== Television production ===
In 2012, the BCCI established its own [[Producing house|production house]]. The BCCI's broadcast service produces coverage of international matches of the Indian national cricket team those held in India; and matches of leading domestic tournaments including the IPL. Until 2012, the BCCI paid the production costs to the company who purchased the [[Broadcasting contracts in cricket|media rights]] from them. [[Nimbus Communications]] did production for the BCCI for many years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/bcci-to-now-produce-all-its-matches-110982-2012-07-25|title=BCCI to now produce all its matches|newspaper=[[India Today]]|access-date=17 November 2021|archive-date=17 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117114101/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/bcci-to-now-produce-all-its-matches-110982-2012-07-25|url-status=live}}</ref> The BCCI's production house holds production rights and copyrights of Indian cricket's content.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcci-holds-firm-on-broadcaster-fees-588166|title=BCCI holds firm on broadcaster fees|website=Espncricinfo.com|access-date=17 November 2021|archive-date=17 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117114100/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcci-holds-firm-on-broadcaster-fees-588166|url-status=live}}</ref> The BCCI broadcasts video highlights of domestic and bilateral cricket series in India on its website.<ref>{{cite web |title=Power-packed: Hardik Pandya hammers 71*(30) |url=https://www.bcci.tv/videos/5557331/power-packed-hardik-pandya-hammers-7130 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=www.bcci.tv |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922064216/https://www.bcci.tv/videos/5557331/power-packed-hardik-pandya-hammers-7130 |url-status=live }}</ref> Starting in July 2023, it will broadcast live, important domestic games form tournaments such as [[Duleep Trophy|Duleep]] and [[Deodhar Trophy]] on its website.<ref name=":12" />

===Affiliated members===
{{Main|List of members of the Board of Control for Cricket in India}}
{{Further|BCCI domestic teams|label1=Affiliated domestic teams with BCCI}}

Membership of the Board of Control for Cricket in India consists of full members and associate members; only full members have voting rights in annual general meetings (AGMs).<ref>{{cite news |title=Constitutions of State Associations |url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2019/news/130576/Constitutions-of-State-Associations |website=Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date=12 May 2022 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925102830/https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2019/news/130576/Constitutions-of-State-Associations |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following the [[Lodha Committee]]'s recommendations in 2015, full membership was restricted to state and union territory associations, and limited to one representative body per state. Subsequently, several state associations became full members and, because the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra each had three members, [[Mumbai Cricket Association|Mumbai]], [[Baroda Cricket Association|Baroda]], [[Saurashtra Cricket Association|Saurashtra]] and [[Vidarbha Cricket Association|Vidharbh]] were relegated to associate membership.<ref name=ND>{{cite web |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/mumbai-lose-permanent-status-all-north-eastern-states-become-bcci-voters-1671166 |title=Mumbai Lose Permanent Status, All North Eastern States Become BCCI Voters |website=NDTV Sports |date=19 March 2017 |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922121246/https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/mumbai-lose-permanent-status-all-north-eastern-states-become-bcci-voters-1671166 |url-status=live }}</ref> Neither the [[Cricket Club of India]] of Mumbai nor the [[National Cricket Club]] of Kolkata field teams in major domestic tournaments but as founding members of BCCI, they had full voting rights until the Lodha Committee recommendations were implemented.<ref name=TH>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/why-is-ncc-a-full-member-of-the-bcci/article7440624.ece |title=Why is NCC a full member of the BCCI? |newspaper=The Hindu |date=19 July 2015 |access-date=20 September 2022 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922052923/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/why-is-ncc-a-full-member-of-the-bcci/article7440624.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="supremecourt2022"/> Some of the recommendations that were implemented have since been reversed. In 2018, [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]], [[Services Sports Control Board|Services]] and [[Association of Indian Universities|Universities]] regained full membership;<ref name=supremecourt2018>{{cite web |title=Supreme Court approves new BCCI constitution, with a couple of key tweaks |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/supreme-court-approves-new-bcci-constitution-with-a-couple-of-key-tweaks-1154796 |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=ESPNcricinfo |date=9 August 2018 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173845/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/supreme-court-approves-new-bcci-constitution-with-a-couple-of-key-tweaks-1154796 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 2022, the rule restricting states to a single full member was removed, meaning Mumbai, Baroda, Saurashtra and Vidharbh once again became full members.<ref name=supremecourt2022>{{cite news |title=Decoded: What does SC verdict on BCCI's new constitutional amendments mean? |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/explained-supreme-court-s-verdict-on-bcci-s-new-constitutional-amendments-122091500971_1.html |access-date=20 September 2022 |work=Business Standard |date=15 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173955/https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/explained-supreme-court-s-verdict-on-bcci-s-new-constitutional-amendments-122091500971_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Officials===
==== President ====
{{See also|List of presidents of the Board of Control for Cricket in India}}

President is an elected position, and is considered the most-powerful position in the BCCI administration. Due to the president's financial power and the popularity of cricket in India, it is considered as a highly prestigious position. The President of the BCCI presides over the meeting of the apex council and the general body. He signs audited annual accounts and financial statements.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sourav Ganguly to head BCCI: What is the role of BCCI President? |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/sports/cricket/cricket-top-news/sourav-ganguly-to-head-bcci-what-is-the-role-of-bcci-president/na20191017203622870 |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=ETV Bharat News |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019121510/https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/sports/cricket/cricket-top-news/sourav-ganguly-to-head-bcci-what-is-the-role-of-bcci-president/na20191017203622870 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sourav Ganguly to head BCCI: What is the role of BCCI President? |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/sports/cricket/cricket-top-news/sourav-ganguly-to-head-bcci-what-is-the-role-of-bcci-president/na20191017203622870 |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=ETV Bharat News |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170758/https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/sports/cricket/cricket-top-news/sourav-ganguly-to-head-bcci-what-is-the-role-of-bcci-president/na20191017203622870 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The full-member state boards can vote in the presidential election. Gujarat and Maharashtra have more than one full member but as per the Lodha Committee, supreme court guidelines state any state can have only one vote in the election at any time.<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=18 July 2019 |title=Cricket Association of Pondicherry is a Full Member of BCCI |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/cricket-association-of-pondicherry-is-a-full-member-of-bcci/article28563744.ece |access-date=19 September 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920190913/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/cricket-association-of-pondicherry-is-a-full-member-of-bcci/article28563744.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

Former India-and-[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] cricketer, national selector, India under-19 teams' coach and President of the [[Karnataka State Cricket Association]] [[Roger Binny]] is the incumbent President of the BCCI. He succeeded [[Sourav Ganguly]]. Binny is a member of India's [[1983 Cricket World Cup]]-winning team. He took charge in October 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pandey |first1=Devendra |title=Sourav Ganguly out of BCCI after declining IPL chairman post; BCCI won't back him for ICC chairman's post |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/sourav-ganguly-bcci-president-icc-chairman-8203174/ |access-date=11 October 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 October 2022 |archive-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011163510/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/sourav-ganguly-bcci-president-icc-chairman-8203174/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/new-bcci-president-roger-binny-a-successful-cricketer-coach-and-polite-yet-assertive-administrator-1340659|title=A man of many hats, new BCCI president Roger Binny braces for new innings|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

====Secretary====
'BCCI secretary' is the second most powerful and important post after president. Secretary signs all the contracts and carries correspondence on behalf of BCCI. [[Jay Shah]] is the incumbent secretary. The secretary have power to take action or defend office bearers, employees of the BCCI.<ref name=C>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/indian-cricket-what-the-supreme-court-judgment-means-for-the-bcci-sourav-ganguly-and-jay-shah-1335253|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920021157/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/indian-cricket-what-the-supreme-court-judgment-means-for-the-bcci-sourav-ganguly-and-jay-shah-1335253?platform=amp|title=Reform rollback - What the Supreme Court judgment means for the BCCI|archive-date=20 September 2022|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/amp/india/jay-shah-likely-to-become-bcci-secretary-here-are-the-responsibilities-of-secretary | title=Jay Shah likely to become BCCI secretary; here are the responsibilities of Secretary | access-date=19 September 2022 | archive-date=20 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171035/https://www.freepressjournal.in/amp/india/jay-shah-likely-to-become-bcci-secretary-here-are-the-responsibilities-of-secretary | url-status=live }}</ref> Shah is also the present president of [[Asian Cricket Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jay Shah takes over as Asian Cricket Council President |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/news/jay-shah-appointed-president-of-asian-cricket-council/amp_articleshow/80603164.cms&ved=2ahUKEwiz-qGLu_X-AhV3XWwGHUtHCZkQFnoECDEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3F2AfEf-DruITM7XeIqIR8 |website=Times of India}}</ref>

====CEO====
As per the eligibility criteria, the person who has at least 10 years of working experience in a {{INR|100 crore}}-or-more annual turnover company on management position can be a chief executive officer (CEO) of the BCCI. Hemang Amin is the incumbent CEO.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/bcci-to-have-new-ceo-interim-ceo-hemang-amin-in-fray-too-4035416.html | title=BCCI to Have New CEO; Interim CEO Hemang Amin in Fray Too | access-date=19 September 2022 | archive-date=20 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172111/https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/bcci-to-have-new-ceo-interim-ceo-hemang-amin-in-fray-too-4035416.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Rahul Johari became the first CEO; the post was created after the recommendation of the Lodha Committee. The CEO of the BCCI handles its management duties and reports to the BCCI secretary.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/sports/bcci-gets-its-first-ceo-but-will-anything-change-225511 | title=BCCI gets its first CEO, but will anything change? | access-date=19 September 2022 | archive-date=19 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019121510/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/sports/bcci-gets-its-first-ceo-but-will-anything-change-225511 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==== National selectors ====
{{Main|India national cricket team selectors}}

National selectors are responsible for selecting national men's senior team. It also select male junior teams [[India A]] and [[India B cricket team|India B]], which represent India in second-and-third tiers of international cricket. The selection committee is composed of five former cricketers from five different zones of the country, [[Shiv Sunder Das|Shivasundar Das]], [[Sridharan Sharath]], [[Salil Ankola]] and [[Subroto Banerjee]] are its present members. Chief selector's position is vacant as of 22 May 2023<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maharashtratimes.com/sports/cricket/cricket-news/bcci-announces-new-selection-committee-chetan-sharma-back-as-chairman/articleshow/96816051.cms|title=New Selection Committee: नव्या निवड समितीची घोषणा करताना BCCIने दिला मोठा धक्का, चार नवे चेहरे|website=Maharashtra Times}}</ref> BCCI's junior national selection committee selects players for junior teams such as India U19 and U15 men. Sharath Sridharan is its chairman since 17 September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/bcci-announces-appointment-of-junior-selection-committee-members-7515183/|title=BCCI announces appointment of Junior Selection Committee members|date=17 September 2021}}</ref>

BCCI gives chief national selector 1.25 Cr rupees per year for his job.<ref>{{Cite news |title=चेतन शर्मा यांच्या वक्तव्यामुळे बीसीसीआय मध्ये भूकंप! |trans-title=Due to Chetan Sharma's statement, BCCI suffering earthquake! |pages=8 |work=[[Lokmat]] |url=http://epaper.lokmat.com/articlepage.php?articleid=LOK_JLLK_20230216_16_6 |access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref>

The [[All India women's selection committee]] selects players for Indian female cricket team. It consists of five female former players from five zones of the nation, who have represented India at international level. {{As of|2020}}, former left-arm spinner [[Neetu David]] is the head of this committee since her appointment on 26 September 2020. The committee consists of Neetu David (head), [[Arati Vaidya|Aarti Vaidya]], [[Renu Margrate]], [[Mithu Mukherjee (cricketer)|Mithu Mukharjee]], [[Venkatacher Kalpana|Venkatechar Kalpana.]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Former India cricketer Neetu David appointed as the head of BCCI's All-India Women's Selection Committee |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/bcci-cricket-india-women-national-selection-committee-head-neetu-david-1725727-2020-09-26 |newspaper=India Today}}</ref>

====Cricket Advisory Committee====
This committee has three members. CAC is responsible for selecting head coach for men's and women's national senior team.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/perks-of-bccis-honorary-job-first-class-travel-suite-room-and-usd-1000-per-day-on-foreign-trips-7511029.html | title=Perks of BCCI's Honorary Job: First Class Travel, Suite Room and USD 1000 per Day on Foreign Trips }}</ref>

== Domestic tournaments ==
{{Further|Category: Indian domestic cricket competitions|label1=List of domestic cricket competitions in India}}
The BCCI organise following national-level tournaments :

=== Men's domestic cricket ===
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* [[Ranji Trophy]] {{efn|[[First-class cricket]] tournament, held since 1935}}
* [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]]{{efn|Annual [[One day cricket]] tournament}}
* [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]]
* [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL)
* [[Duleep Trophy]]
* [[Deodhar Trophy]]
* [[Irani Cup]]{{efn|Annually organised before cricket season start, in between Winner of Ranji trophy versus [[Rest of India cricket team]], comprising best player of last Ranji season of all the teams}}
* [[CK Nayudu Trophy]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.inningsbreak.com/apex-council-meeting-bcci-to-decide-on-resumption-of-ck-nayudu-trophy-loc-formation-for-2023-world-cup/ | title=BCCI to decide on resumption of CK Nayudu Trophy in Apex Virtual Meeting | access-date=10 October 2022 | archive-date=10 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010154808/https://www.inningsbreak.com/apex-council-meeting-bcci-to-decide-on-resumption-of-ck-nayudu-trophy-loc-formation-for-2023-world-cup/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]]
* Under 25 State A Trophy ([[One-Day cricket|One Day]] format)<ref name=BCCIT/>

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=== Women's domestic cricket ===
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* [[Women's Senior One Day Trophy]]
* [[Women's Senior T20 Trophy]]
* [[Women's IPL|Women's Premier League]] (WPL)<ref name=":4" />
* [[Senior Women's Challenger Trophy]]
* [[Senior Women's T20 Challenger Cup]]
* Senior Women's Inter zonal tournament (T20 format)<ref name=BCCIT/>
* Senior Women's Inter-zonal One Day<ref name=BCCIT/>
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====Women's junior tournaments====
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* Women's Under 19 T20 Challenger Trophy<ref name=BCCIT/> (India A, B, C and D teams participate)
* Women's under 19 T20 trophy<ref name=W/>
* Women's under 19 One Day Trophy <ref name=BCCIT/>
* U-16 one day tournament <ref name=W>{{cite web | url=https://www.wisden.com/stories/india-domestic-cricket-schedule-for-2022-23-full-list-of-mens-womens-tournaments/amp | title=India Domestic Cricket Schedule for 2022/23: Full List of Men's & Women's Tournaments | date=8 August 2022 }}</ref>
* Women's under 15 One Day Trophy<ref name="BCCIT">{{cite web |title=SERIES AND TOURNAMENTS |url=https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/series-and-tournaments |website=www.bcci.tv}}</ref>
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====Men's Junior cricket tournaments====
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* [[Cooch Behar Trophy]] (U-19, 4 day format)
* [[Vinoo Mankad Trophy]] (U-19, One Day format) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.keralacricketassociation.com/2021/08/probables-for-the-vinoo-mankad-trophy/|title=Probables for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy|access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[Vijay Merchant Trophy]] (U-16) <ref>{{cite web |title=THE BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA |url=https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/247/vijay-merchant-trophy|access-date=3 October 2022 |website=www.bcci.tv}}</ref>
* [[Vizzy Trophy]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Hardik Varma selected in West Zone cricket team for Vizzy Trophy|url=
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/74599984.cms |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=
12 March 2020 }}</ref> ([[List A cricket|List-A]] format)
{{Div col end}}

==Finance==
=== Earning ===
The BCCI is a private entity; it does not depend on the Government of India for its finances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bcci-income-surplus-decline-in-200809/509551/|title=Decline in BCCI income during 2008-09s|access-date=19 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325160616/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bcci-income-surplus-decline-in-200809/509551|archive-date=25 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, with US$405 million out of US$1,534 million, India had 26% share in the ICC FTP income disbursed to 10 Test playing nations, while the England and Wales Cricket Board received US$139 million as the second-highest earner.<ref name=savior1/> In the same year, to refinance other boards after the global economic decline and the significantly reduced income of most boards due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]], the ICC changed its FTP schedule to organise more international matches with India.<ref name=savior1/>

ICC will share 38.5% of its total annual income with BCCI from 2023 to 2027, the board could earn [[USD|$]]1.15 bn plus in this cycle. BCCI will receive biggest share of ICC's income than any other board.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title='बीसीसीआय'ला मिळणार अब्जावधीचा हिस्सा |trans-title=BCCI will receive share of billions |url=https://www.loksatta.com/krida/bcci-will-get-revenue-share-from-international-cricket-council-zws-70-3648397/&ved=2ahUKEwjDt8fgyvH-AhW_U2wGHcHcBiQQu7wFegQILRAG&usg=AOvVaw0E-GmjcN2Il7nQkFJt0irQ |website=[[Loksatta]]}}</ref>
===Income===
In [[Financial year#India|financial year]] (FY) 2019–2020, the BCCI's total annual income was estimated to be over {{INR|3,730 crore}} (US$535 million), including {{INR|2,500 crore}} (US$345 million) from the IPL, {{INR|950 crore}} (US$139 million) from bilateral cricket with other nations, and {{INR|380 crore}} (US$51 million per year or total US$405 million for eight years) from India's share of ICC revenue.<ref name=savior1>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/bailout-plan-play-more-matches-with-india/story-VRqndyDqK1aBAy0bT21qoO.html |title=BCCI bailout plan: Play more matches with India |website=Hindustantimes.com |date=26 April 2020 |access-date=26 April 2020 |archive-date=26 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426040601/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/bailout-plan-play-more-matches-with-india/story-VRqndyDqK1aBAy0bT21qoO.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In financial year 2021-2022 the BCCI earned ₹4542 Cr, in FY 2022-2023 earned ₹6558 Cr.<ref name=V>https://www.lokmat.com/cricket/news/board-of-control-for-cricket-in-india-bcci-paid-rs-1159-crore-income-tax-in-2021-22-37-higher-than-last-year-a-a593/</ref> <ref name=HK/>

==== ICC income share ====
In 2020, as per the present eight-year Future Tours Program (FTP), India receives US$405 million from the ICC, as contrasted with US$139 million to the England and Wales Cricket Board, while US$128 million for each of Cricket Australia, Cricket South Africa, Pakistan Cricket Board, New Zealand Cricket, Sri Lanka Cricket, Cricket West Indies and Bangladesh Cricket Board, and US$94 million for Zimbabwe.<ref name=savior1/>

In FY 2023–2027, ICC going to share 38.5% of its annual revenue with the BCCI.<ref name=":9" />

==== Media rights ====
On 16 January 2023, the board sold the [[Women's Premier League (cricket)|Women's Premier League's]] [[media rights]] in {{INRConvert|951|c|year=2023}} for the period of 2023-2027 to [[Viacom18]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-17 |title=Women's IPL agrees £95m broadcast rights deal before a ball is bowled |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/16/womens-indian-premier-league-agrees-95m-broadcast-rights-deal-cricket&ved=2ahUKEwjq74XbpfeAAxX4zjgGHdtiBf4QFnoECC4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw07x88JhCNl7pg7Rs9CjrgR |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

On 31 August 2023, [[Viacom18]] has acquired the media rights of "India cricket" as a result Viacom18 has exclusive rights to broadcast all the bilateral matches of India national women's-men's cricket team's which will take place in India and right to air all the domestic tournaments such as [[Ranji]], [[Vijay Hazare Trophy|Vijay Hazare trophy]], [[Irani Cup]], [[Duleep Trophy|Duleep trophy]] and many more. The {{INR|5,963 crores}} deal will last from Sept 2023 to March 2028. <ref>{{Cite web |title=BCCI announces the successful bidder for acquiring the Media Rights for the BCCI International Matches and Domestic Matches for September 2023 – March 2028 |url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2023/news/55556034/bcci-announces-the-successful-bidder-for-acquiring-the-media-rights-for-the-bcci-international-matches-and-domestic-matches-for-september-2023-march-2028 |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=www.bcci.tv |language=en}}</ref>

The [[IPL]] is the BCCI's largest source of income by medium of media rights. From 2018 to 2022, global rights were awarded to [[STAR India|Star India]] for ₹16,347.5 crore (US$2.0 billion). In 2022, BCCI sold IPL media rights for a staggering ₹48,390 crore (equivalent to ₹510 billion or US$6.4 billion in 2023), comprising television rights of ₹23,575 crore and digital rights of ₹20,500 crore, which were won by Disney and Viacom18 respectively. This deal includes 410 matches from 2023 to 2027. Viacom 18 won the exclusive digital rights for the Indian subcontinent and for streaming to the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa; while Times Internet won global streaming rights in the Middle East, North Africa and the United States. Due to this deal, the IPL became the second-richest league in the world behind [[National Football League]] (NFL).<ref name=":15" />

''' History of BCCI's media rights-'''

In 2018, satellite broadcaster [[STAR India|Star India]] won the BCCI's exclusive media rights for the years 2018–2023. Star India won the rights to broadcast Indian cricket team's matches on their television channels, and rights to broadcast on [[Disney+ Hotstar]] for {{INR|6138.10 crore}}.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

On average, Star Sports pays {{INR|60.1 crore}} per match to the BCCI.<ref>{{cite news|title=STAR India wins BCCI media rights for Rs 6138.10 crore from 2018 to 2023|work=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/sports/cricket/story/star-india-wins-bcci-media-rights-for-rs-6138-10-crore-from-2018-to-2023-1205396-2018-04-05|access-date=17 November 2021|archive-date=17 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117123033/https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/sports/cricket/story/star-india-wins-bcci-media-rights-for-rs-6138-10-crore-from-2018-to-2023-1205396-2018-04-05|url-status=live}}</ref> The deal also include rights to broadcast men's domestic tournaments such as the Vijay Hazare trophy, Ranji trophy, [[Irani Cup]], [[Duleep Trophy|Duleep trophy]] and [[Mushtaq Ali Trophy]]; and women's international cricket matches in India on Star Sport and Disney+ Hotstar.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==== Sponsorship rights ====
[[Viacom18|Viacom18's]] [[Sports18]] TV channel and its [[Over-the-top media services in India|OTT]] platform [[JioCinema]] is the current (2023-2027) official broadcaster of thr BCCI. Adidas is kit sponsor (since June 2023), September 2023 onwards [[IDFC First Bank]] is title sponsor for all the bilateral series in India and for all the domestic tournaments, excluding the IPL and [[Women's Premier League (cricket)|Women's Premier League]] because their title sponsor is TATA for 2022-23 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IDFC First acquires title sponsorship rights for all BCCI international and domestic home matches |url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2023/news/55556033/idfc-first-acquires-title-sponsorship-rights-for-all-bcci-international-and-domestic-home-matches |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=www.bcci.tv |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tata gr. replaces Vivo... |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/sports/tata-group-replaces-vivo-as-ipls-title-sponsor/amp_articleshow/88830192.cms&ved=2ahUKEwiT_JuakMqBAxUZe_UHHfbnC8kQFnoECCAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw21Xq465MNaGHwuO09nygOz |website=Economic times}}</ref> [[Dream11|Dream 11]], [[Ambuja Cements|Ambuja]] and [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] are official partners.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.bcci.tv/about/history|url-status=live|website=Bcci.tv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017174201/https://www.bcci.tv/about/history |archive-date=17 October 2019 }}</ref>

====Ticketing rights ====

BCCI sold [[IPL 2022]] ticket-selling rights to ''[[Book My Show]]''. The deal includes management of spectator entry on stadum gates.<ref>{{cite news |title=BookMyShow | IPL 2022 Tickets: BookMyShow bags exclusive ticketing rights for IPL 2022 |newspaper=The Economic Times |url=https://m.economictimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/bookmyshow-bags-exclusive-ticketing-rights-for-ipl-2022/articleshow/90391205.cms |last1=Laghate |first1=Gaurav |access-date=9 October 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018210207/https://m.economictimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/bookmyshow-bags-exclusive-ticketing-rights-for-ipl-2022/articleshow/90391205.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Paytm|Paytm insider]] app also often sells bilateral series's tickets.

===Expenditure===
==== Cricketing infrastructure development ====
{{Update section|date=September 2022}}
On 12 September 2006, the BCCI announced it would spend {{INR|1,600 crore}} over the next year to upgrade cricket stadiums in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/259270.html |title=BCCI to invest $347 million on domestic facilities | Cricket News | Global | Cricinfo.com |publisher=Content-usa.cricinfo.com |access-date=28 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207092441/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/259270.html |archive-date=7 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Update inline|date=September 2022|reason=This info is very old, should move in hist section.}}

In the early 2000s, it established the [[National Cricket Academy]] at Bangalore to train future cricketers. On 17 February 2022, the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly founded a new NCA facility at Bangalore, which occupies {{cvt|40|acre}} of land near an airport. On completion, it will have three cricket grounds, 40 practice pitches, residential rooms, a swimming pool and a gymnasium. Construction will cost {{INR|200 crore}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=BCCI plans NCA contracts for fresh bowling talent, both men and women |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=16 February 2022 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/bcci-plans-nca-contracts-for-fresh-bowling-talent-both-men-and-women/articleshow/89605892.cms }}</ref>

====Stadium security====
The BCCI hires police for security and crowd control in arenas during IPL, bilateral and ICC tournaments, unlike Australian or English cricket boards who hire private security agencies. In Maharashtra from June 2023 onwards they have to pay ₹35, ₹50, ₹60 lakhs for Test, ODI and T20 per game respectively to the [[Maharashtra government]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=क्रिकेट आयोजकांवर राज्य... |trans-title=State gov on cricket administrators... |pages=8 |work=[[Lokmat]] |url=http://epaper.lokmat.com/articlepage.php?articleid=LOK_JLLK_20230627_8_2 |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>{{Efn|In India state police forces comes under their state governments.}}

====Donations====
In March 2020, BCCI President [[Sourav Ganguly]] announced a donation of {{INR|51 crore}} to the [[PM CARES Fund]] to combat the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=BCCI donates Rs 51 crore to Prime Minister's Relief Fund |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2020/mar/28/covid-19-bcci-donates-rs-51-crore-to-prime-ministers-relief-fund-2122788.html |access-date=16 April 2020 |work=The New Indian Express |archive-date=30 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330162559/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2020/mar/28/covid-19-bcci-donates-rs-51-crore-to-prime-ministers-relief-fund-2122788.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2021, the media reported that the BCCI would donate 2,000 {{convert|10|litre|adj=on}} [[Oxygen concentrator]]s to help India fight COVID.<ref>{{cite news |title=BCCI to donate 2000 oxygen concentrators of 10-litre capacity each to help India fight COVID-19 |url=https://www.sportstiger.com/bcci-to-donate-2000-oxygen-concentrators-of-10-litre-capacity-each-to-help-india-fight-covid-19/ |access-date=24 May 2021 |work=SportsTiger |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524090425/https://www.sportstiger.com/bcci-to-donate-2000-oxygen-concentrators-of-10-litre-capacity-each-to-help-india-fight-covid-19/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BCCI to donate 10-Litre 2000 Oxygen concentrators |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/bcci-to-donate-10-litre-2000-oxygen-concentrators/articleshow/82905501.cms |access-date=24 May 2021 |work=The Times of India |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524090954/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/bcci-to-donate-10-litre-2000-oxygen-concentrators/articleshow/82905501.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Update inline|date=September 2022|reason=Does they donated or not?}}

In 2021, the BCCI announced, it will donate ₹10 Cr to Olympic bound Indian contingent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BCCI to support Olympic-bound Indian contingent with Rs 10 crore donation |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sports/bcci-to-support-olympic-bound-indian-contingent-with-rs-10-crore-donation-271497 |website=[[The Tribune (India)]]}}</ref>

In August 2023, it paid {{INRConvert|2.25|c|lk=crore|year=2023}} to the Constitution Club of India based in New Delhi, to buy gym equipments. The club is an exclusive club for members of parliament of India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-07 |title=BCCI donated Rs 2.25 crores to club for Parliamentarians |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/news/bcci-donated-rs-2-25-crores-to-club-for-parliamentarians/amp_articleshow/102495223.cms |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Times of India}}</ref>

==== Encouragement to other sports ====
{{Further|India at the 2020 Summer Olympics}} It announced reward to the Indian olympians who won medal at [[Tokyo Olympics 2020|Tokyo Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|author=|date=7 August 2021|title=BCCI announces cash rewards for Olympic medallists, Neeraj Chopra to get Rs 1 crore|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/india-in-tokyo/bcci-announces-cash-rewards-for-olympic-medallists-neeraj-chopra-to-get-rs-1-crore/articleshow/85131646.cms|department=Sports|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=12 December 2021|archive-date=12 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212031545/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/india-in-tokyo/bcci-announces-cash-rewards-for-olympic-medallists-neeraj-chopra-to-get-rs-1-crore/articleshow/85131646.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Players' contracts and welfare====


==== Contracts ====
The BCCI created four grades for contracted male players—A+, A, B andC; and three grades for contracted female players—A, B and C. Male players who are in A+ grade get {{INR|7 crore}} a year. Players of A-grade get {{INR|5 crore}}, B-grade's players get {{INR|3 crore}} and C-grade players receive {{INR|1 crore}} per year. Female players who are in A grade get {{INR|50 lakh}} a year, B-grade players get {{INR|30 lakh}} a year and C-grade players get {{INR|10 lakh}} a year.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=भारत में रिटायर्ड क्रिकेट खिलाडियों को कितनी पेंशन मिलती है?|trans-title=Who much pension the retired cricketers got in India ?|work=Jagaran josh|url=https://m.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/amp/pension-to-retired-cricket-players-in-india-in-hindi-1539600031-2|access-date=20 November 2021|archive-date=20 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120101803/https://m.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/amp/pension-to-retired-cricket-players-in-india-in-hindi-1539600031-2|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Pension schemes ====
The BCCI gives pensions to former domestic and international players who played for India.<ref name=":0" /> On 31 December 1993 BCCI decided to give 50,000 rupees pension to the players, who played more than 25 International Test match for the nation. The board gives {{INR|15,000}} pensions to the players who played in the Ranji Trophy before the 1957-to-1958 season.<ref name=":0" /> In 2013, the BCCI gave one-time benefits to domestic players who played in more than 75 first-class matches.<ref>{{cite news|title=BCCI proposes big raise in pension|work=[[Times of India]]|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/news/bcci-proposes-big-raise-in-pension/amp_articleshow/69608298.cms|access-date=20 November 2021|archive-date=9 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209145715/https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/news/bcci-proposes-big-raise-in-pension/amp_articleshow/69608298.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> For female cricketers, the board give a {{INR|22,500}}- per-month pension to players who played 10 or more Tests for India; and {{INR|15,000}} per month for those who played between five and nine Tests.<ref name=":0" />

==== Insurance ====
The BCCI has taken insurance for nearly everything related to them; they covered [[mediclaim]] of their employees, they have insured international and domestic players for loss of fees due to injury, matches, their old office and new office at Wankhede stadium and IPL matches. In case of cancellation of IPL, domestic and international cricket matches due to poor weather, riot, or fire, the BCCI receives payments from insurance companies.<ref>{{cite news |author=Qaiser Mohammad Ali |date=27 May 2015 |title=BCCI spending more on insurance policies |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/bcci-insurance-policies-for-players-254865-2015-05-27 |newspaper=India Today |access-date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520104453/https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/bcci-insurance-policies-for-players-254865-2015-05-27 |url-status=live }}</ref> The BCCI provides {{INR|5 lakh}} insurance to players who played under the board.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Cricketers Association Wants Players Pension, Insurance Doubled|work=[[News 18]]|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/indian-cricketers-association-wants-players-pension-insurance-doubled-2364475.html|access-date=20 November 2021|archive-date=20 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120103305/https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/indian-cricketers-association-wants-players-pension-insurance-doubled-2364475.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Tax payment ===
In 2018, {{INR|472.22 crore}} of tax was outstanding till 1 April 2018;l, this sum was cleared along with interest in September 2018. However the [[Department of Revenue (India)|Department of Revenue]] issued a notice for tax evasion to the BCCI, they also demanded the BCCI for another outstanding income-tax payment of {{INR|1,303 crore}}; according to details submitted by the [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of finance]] in the Parliament in February 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/bcci-issued-notice-in-tax-evasion-case-by-revenue-119031901200_1.html |title=BCCI issued notice in tax evasion case by revenue |newspaper=Business Standard India |publisher=Business Standard News |date= 19 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913142218/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/bcci-issued-notice-in-tax-evasion-case-by-revenue-119031901200_1.html |archive-date=13 September 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Since IPL began [[Income Tax Department]] (IT department) refused to give income tax exemption for IPL, said it is an annual commercial activity. Since financial year 2007-2008 to 2017-2018, BCCI paid [[Indian rupee sign|₹]]3,500 [[Crore|Cr]] to IT department, out of around ₹12000 Cr it earned from the IPL.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news |date=2018-02-09 |title=Since IPL launch, BCCI has paid Rs 3,500cr in tax |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/since-ipl-launch-bcci-has-paid-rs-3500cr-in-tax/articleshow/62845645.cms |access-date=2023-08-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

In 2007–08, although the IT department withdrew this exemption{{Which|date=August 2023}}, BCCI only paid tax amounting to {{INRConvert|41.9|c}} against its tax liability of {{INRConvert|413|c}} in the 2009–2010 financial year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cricket/news/article322195.ece|title=BCCI owes Rs. 373 crore to Income Tax dept|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=20 February 2012|access-date=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308113947/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cricket/news/article322195.ece|archive-date=8 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, BCCI paid no income tax, claimed they are a charitable organisation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article2910033.ece|title=BCCI not a 'charitable organisation'|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 February 2012|access-date=28 February 2012|first=Sandeep|last=Joshi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222235222/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article2910033.ece|archive-date=22 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015, then [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Finance minister]] [[Jayant Sinha]] said, ministry collected ₹2140.58 Cr from BCCI, 2004–05 onwards, but tax payment still pending, 53 Cr is from assessment year 2008–09, ₹100 Cr from 2010 to 11, ₹100 Cr from 2011 to 12, ₹116.89 Cr of year 2012–13 from BCCI.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-05-12 |title=Government collected Rs 2,140 crore as tax from BCCI since 2004-05 |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/new-zealand-in-india-2016/top-stories/government-collected-rs-2140-crore-as-tax-from-bcci-since-2004-05/articleshow/47249305.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-08-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> In 2014–15, the BCCI paid ₹864.78 Cr income tax by leaving outstanding tax of ₹462.52 Cr, which income tax department want from it, also demanded ₹400 Cr from FY 2015–16.<ref name=":14">{{Cite news |date=2018-01-19 |title=Outstanding tax demand of BCCI may go up to over Rs 860 crore: RTI reply |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/outstanding-tax-demand-of-bcci-may-go-up-to-over-rs-860-crore-rti-reply/articleshow/62571140.cms |access-date=2023-08-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

'''The following table contains the information of BCCI's tax payment :''' <ref name="AT">{{cite news |date=10 August 2023 |title=बीसीसीआयने किती कर भरला? |script-title= |language=mr |trans-title=Tax payment of BCCI? |pages=17 |website=Lokmat |location=[[Mumbai]] |url=http://epaper.lokmat.com/articlepage.php?articleid=LOK_JLLK_20230810_12_10 }}</ref>

{|class= wikitable
!FY
! Amount
|-
|2013–14
|₹50<ref>{{Cite web |title=BCCI paid rs 50 crore as income tax last month |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/bcci-paid-rs-50-crore-as-income-tax-last-month/article8466905.ece |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> or ₹100 Cr<ref name=":13" />
|-
|2014–15
|₹864.78 Cr<ref name=":14" />
|-
|2017–18
|₹596.21 Cr
|-
|2018–19
| ₹815.08 Cr
|-
|2019–20
|₹882.29 Cr
|-
|2020–21
|₹844.92 Cr
|-
|2021–22
|₹1159 Cr
|-
|2022–23
|₹4000 Cr
|}

== In popular culture ==

* The BCCI was featured in the ''[[Jersey (2019 film)|Jersey]]'', a 2019 [[Telugu language]] film in which the main protagonist Arjun ([[Nani (actor)|Nani]]) aspires to play for the [[India national cricket team]] and in the [[Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Nani-starrer 'Jersey', garners praise from cricket buffs |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/gowtam-tinnanuris-jersey-starring-nani-and-shraddha-srinath-has-been-garnering-praise-from-film-and-cricket-buffs/article26910841.ece/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwjV6evo_bn7AhXSmeYKHU7IBjMQFnoECDoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0QEfBukWErXcBRXXnH8KlG |newspaper=The Hindu| date=22 April 2019 | last1=Dundoo | first1=Sangeetha Devi }}</ref>
* This organisation was mentioned in ''[[M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story]]'' (2016) [[Bollywood]] film.
* The BCCI was a major talking point in comedian [[Hasan Minhaj]]'s "Cricket Corruption" episode on the ''[[Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj]]''. In "Cricket Corruption", Minhaj claims that the growth of Indian cricket is suppressing cricket's inclusivity and accessibility to fledgling nations (these are referred to as "Associate Members" by the ICC). He even opines that the financial successes of the IPL have launched the BCCI to a position where they now transcend the ICC in global cricketing power and influence.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Celik |first=Ipek A. |date=2019 |title=A New Era of American Comedy: Hasan Minhaj, Patriot Act and Politics in the Age of Trump |journal=Journal of American Studies of Turkey |via=JSTOR}}</ref>
* The BCCI was featured in Kabir Khan's ''[[83 (film)|83]]'' (2021), which is a Hindi-language sports drama film that chronicles India's against-all-odds victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Albeit not by any means the central focus of the film, the BCCI are presented as an important organization in Indian cricket in supporting and promoting the game across the nation.

==See also==
* [[Cricket in India]]
* [[BCCI Awards]]
* [[Sport in India]] – Overview of sport in India
* [[:Category:Sports governing bodies in India|List of national level sport governing bodies in India]]

== Explanatory notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.bcci.tv/ Official Website]

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The '''Indian Secular Front''' ({{small|abbr.}} '''ISF''') is an unregistered political party which contested the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election on "Envelope" symbol and name of Bihar based political party [[Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party]] (RSMP) of [[MD Asharul Haque]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=ঘোষ|first=প্রদীপ্তকান্তি|date=16 March 2021|title=ভোটে লড়ছে না 'আইএসএফ', প্রার্থী দেবে 'অন্য দল'|url=https://tv9bangla.com/elections/indian-secular-front-of-abbas-siddiqui-dont-have-a-own-sign-fighting-with-another-partys-logo-339985.html|url-status=live|access-date=17 March 2021|website=TV9Bangla|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=18 March 2021|title=ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/isf-to-fight-polls-on-borrowed-symbol-434695|url-status=live|access-date=26 March 2021|website=Millennium Post|language=en}}</ref> The party was formed in West Bengal by Abbas Siddique, an influential cleric of the shrine of Furfura Sharif in Hooghly district in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pirzada-abbas-siddiqui-announces-indian-secular-front-isf-for-bengal-elections-2356170|title="Want To Be Kingmaker": Muslim Preacher Announces Party For Bengal Polls|date=21 Jan 2021}}</ref> This party was formed ahead of the West Bengal state election of 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembky-elections-2021-indian-secular-front-ups-ante-on-seats/cid/1807005|title=Indian Secular Front ups ante on seats
|date=18 Feb 2021}}</ref> and joined the [[Mahajot]] led by [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] for the 2021 Assembly polls<ref>{{cite web|first1=Abhinav|last1=Ranjan|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Bengal polls 2021: Indian Secular Front's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-bengal-polls-2021-abbas-siddique-indian-secular-front-joins-congress-left-alliance-owaisi-bjp-tmc-685501|date=17 February 2021|website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref> against the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and [[All India Trinamool Congress]] as a alternative.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Das|first=Madhuparna|date=2021-02-05|title=Why talks of a 'secular front' against BJP & Trinamool have |url=https://theprint.in/politics/why-talks-of-a-secular-front-against-bjp-trinamool-have-hit-a-wall-in-bengal/599505/|date=2021-03-01|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Abhinav|last1=Ranjan|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Bengal polls 2021: Indian Secular Front's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-bengal-polls-2021-abbas-siddique-indian-secular-front-joins-congress-left-alliance-owaisi-bjp-tmc-685501|date=17 February 2021|website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref> However, the leader of [[Indian National Congress]] [[Anand Sharma]] slammed the party's decision and calls it "painful and shameful".<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-02|title=West Bengal polls 2021: Congress' Anand Sharma calls tie-up with Indian Secular Front 'painful and shameful' - India News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/west-bengal-polls-2021-congress-anand-sharma-calls-tie-up-with-indian-secular-front-painful-and-shameful-9362811.html|date=1 March 2021|website=Firstpost}}</ref> The party will be contested in West Bengal Legislative Assembly election with 28 seats.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-01|title=30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui|url=https://theprint.in/politics/why-talks-of-a-secular-front-against-bjp-trinamool-have-hit-a-wall-in-bengal/599505/|website=telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

==Controversies==
On March 2, 2021, the West Bengal police recovered a shotgun, bombs and bomb-making equipment from the residence of an ISF activist at Situri followed by the arrest of the accused's father.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-03|title=Bombs Recovered From Indian Secular Front Worker's Residence In West Bengal: Police|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bombs-recovered-from-isf-workers-residence-in-wb-2382226|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

On March 12, the party released its first list of 26 constituencies it contested in the assembly elections in West Bengal. The announcement comes amid an ongoing tussle between the ISF and Congress over seat-sharing. The seats the ISF will be contesting are Mahisadal, Canning Purba, Bhangar, Metiabruz, Panchla, Uluberia Purba, Basirhat Uttar, Ashoknagar, Amdanga, Asansol Uttar, Entally, Madhyamgram and Khanakul.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Super|last1=User|accessdate=2021-03-13|title=Abbas Siddiqui's ISF releases the first list of 26 seats for Bengal polls|url=https://thefederal.com/west-bengal-elections-20201/abbas-siddiquis-isf-releases-first-list-of-26-seats-for-bengal-polls/|date=13 March 2021|website=The Federal}}</ref>

On March 23, Two ISF workers were arrested for attacking the Election Commission convoy during their visit to Haroa to remove objectionable political banners which violate the Moral Code of Conduct (MCC).<ref>{{cite web|first1=Republic|last1=World|accessdate=2021-03-24|title=EC convoy allegedly attacked in West Bengal's Haroa, no injuries; two ISF workers arrested|url=https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/ec-convoy-allegedly-attacked-in-west-bengals-haroa-no-injuries-two-isf-workers-arrested.html|website=Republic World}}</ref> The party borrowed the symbol from the Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party (RSMP) of Bihar and the nomination papers that ISF candidates have submitted to the Election Commission is also in the name of Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party (RSMP) as the Abbas Siddiqui-led ISF has not yet got its symbol from the Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 March 2021|title=ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/isf-to-fight-polls-on-borrowed-symbol-434695?infinitescroll=1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Millennium Post|language=en}}</ref>

==Elections==
The party won 1 out of 294 assembly seats in the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 2021]] from Bhangar with 109237 votes.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-05-02|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25148.htm?ac=148|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>

===Election Results===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
|'''Election'''
|'''State'''
|'''Seats Won'''
|'''Total Seats'''
|-
|2021
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]
|West Bengal
|1
|294
|-
|}

=== West Bengal Legislative Assembly ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Electoral performance in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Leader
! colspan=2|Votes
! colspan=2|Seats
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|-
! #
! %
! #
! ±
|-
![[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| Md. [[Nawsad Siddique]]
| 109237
| 45.1
| {{Composition bar|1|294|hex=#DB7093}}
| {{dash}}
| 4th
|{{no2|{{nowrap|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] [[majority government|majority]]}}}}
|-
|}

===Candidates===
The party president Simul Soren will contest from Haripal in Hooghly district, while Mohammed Iqbal and Nuruzzaman will be the party's candidates from Entally and Metiabruz. They are yet to announce the names of candidates from Canning Purba, Jangipara, Bhangar, Madhyamgram, Haroa and Mayureshwar.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Press Trust of India|last1=KolkataMarch 15|first2=2021UPDATED:|last2=March 15|first3=2021 04:31|last3=Ist|accessdate=2021-03-16|title=Abbas Siddiqui's ISF releases names of 20 candidates for West Bengal elections|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/abbas-siddiqui-s-isf-releases-names-of-20-candidates-for-west-bengal-elections-1779332-2021-03-15|website=India Today}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Constituency No. !! Constituency !! Candidate !! Ref.
|-
| 250 || [[Raipur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raipur]] || Milan Mandi || rowspan="20" |<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-16|title=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/103530761739502/photos/a.103807155045196/119300636829181/|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>
|-
| 208 || [[Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahisadal]]|| Bikram Chatterjee
|-
| 232 || [[Chandrakona (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandrakona]] || Goranga Das
|-
| 133 || [[Kulpi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulpi]] || Sirajudin Ghazi
|-
| 135 || [[Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mandirbazar]] || Sanchay Sarkar
|-
| 183 || [[Jagatballavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jagatballavpur]] || Sk Shabbir Ahmed
|-
| 196 || [[Haripal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haripal]] || Simol Soren
|-
| 202 || [[Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khanakul]] || Faisal Khan
|-
| 157 || [[Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Metiaburuz]] ||Nuruzzaman
|-
| 175 || [[Panchla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panchla]] || Md Jalil
|-
| 176 || [[Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Purba]]|| Abbasuddin Khan
|-
| 89 || [[Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Uttar Purba]] || Dinesh Chandra Biswas
|-
| 90 || [[Krishnaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnaganj]] || Anup Mondal
|-
| 125 || [[Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]] || Baijid Amin
|-
| 123 || [[Sandeshkhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sandeshkhali]] || Barun Mahato
|-
| 82 || [[Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chapra]] || Kanchan Maitra
|-
| 101 || [[Ashoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ashoknagar]] || Tapas Chakraborty
|-
| 102 || [[Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Amdanga]] || Jamal Uddin
|-
| 163 || [[Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Uttar]] || Md Mustaqim
|-
| 281 || [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]] || Md Iqbal Alam
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Secular Progressive Front]]
*[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Indian political parties}}

[[Category:Political parties established in 2021]]
[[Category:2021 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Political parties]]
[[Category:Political parties in West Bengal]]

{{stub}}

Indian Secular Front

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The '''Indian Secular Front''' ({{small|abbr.}} '''ISF''') is an unregistered political party which contested the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election on "Envelope" symbol and name of Bihar based political party [[Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party]] (RSMP) of [[MD Asharul Haque]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=ঘোষ|first=প্রদীপ্তকান্তি|date=16 March 2021|title=ভোটে লড়ছে না 'আইএসএফ', প্রার্থী দেবে 'অন্য দল'|url=https://tv9bangla.com/elections/indian-secular-front-of-abbas-siddiqui-dont-have-a-own-sign-fighting-with-another-partys-logo-339985.html|url-status=live|access-date=17 March 2021|website=TV9Bangla|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=18 March 2021|title=ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/isf-to-fight-polls-on-borrowed-symbol-434695|url-status=live|access-date=26 March 2021|website=Millennium Post|language=en}}</ref> The party was formed in West Bengal by Abbas Siddique, an influential cleric of the shrine of Furfura Sharif in Hooghly district in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pirzada-abbas-siddiqui-announces-indian-secular-front-isf-for-bengal-elections-2356170|title="Want To Be Kingmaker": Muslim Preacher Announces Party For Bengal Polls|date=21 Jan 2021}}</ref> This party was formed ahead of the West Bengal state election of 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembky-elections-2021-indian-secular-front-ups-ante-on-seats/cid/1807005|title=Indian Secular Front ups ante on seats
|date=18 Feb 2021}}</ref> and joined the [[Mahajot]] led by [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] for the 2021 Assembly polls<ref>{{cite web|first1=Abhinav|last1=Ranjan|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Bengal polls 2021: Indian Secular Front's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-bengal-polls-2021-abbas-siddique-indian-secular-front-joins-congress-left-alliance-owaisi-bjp-tmc-685501|date=17 February 2021|website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref> against the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and [[All India Trinamool Congress]] as a alternative.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Das|first=Madhuparna|date=2021-02-05|title=Why talks of a 'secular front' against BJP & Trinamool have |url=https://theprint.in/politics/why-talks-of-a-secular-front-against-bjp-trinamool-have-hit-a-wall-in-bengal/599505/|date=2021-03-01|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Abhinav|last1=Ranjan|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Bengal polls 2021: Indian Secular Front's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-bengal-polls-2021-abbas-siddique-indian-secular-front-joins-congress-left-alliance-owaisi-bjp-tmc-685501|date=17 February 2021|website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref> However, the leader of [[Indian National Congress]] [[Anand Sharma]] slammed the party's decision and calls it "painful and shameful".<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-02|title=West Bengal polls 2021: Congress' Anand Sharma calls tie-up with Indian Secular Front 'painful and shameful' - India News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/west-bengal-polls-2021-congress-anand-sharma-calls-tie-up-with-indian-secular-front-painful-and-shameful-9362811.html|date=1 March 2021|website=Firstpost}}</ref> The party will be contested in West Bengal Legislative Assembly election with 28 seats.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-01|title=30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui|url=https://theprint.in/politics/why-talks-of-a-secular-front-against-bjp-trinamool-have-hit-a-wall-in-bengal/599505/|website=telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

==Controversies==
On March 2, 2021, the West Bengal police recovered a shotgun, bombs and bomb-making equipment from the residence of an ISF activist at Situri followed by the arrest of the accused's father.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-03|title=Bombs Recovered From Indian Secular Front Worker's Residence In West Bengal: Police|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bombs-recovered-from-isf-workers-residence-in-wb-2382226|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

On March 12, the party released its first list of 26 constituencies it contested in the assembly elections in West Bengal. The announcement comes amid an ongoing tussle between the ISF and Congress over seat-sharing. The seats the ISF will be contesting are Mahisadal, Canning Purba, Bhangar, Metiabruz, Panchla, Uluberia Purba, Basirhat Uttar, Ashoknagar, Amdanga, Asansol Uttar, Entally, Madhyamgram and Khanakul.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Super|last1=User|accessdate=2021-03-13|title=Abbas Siddiqui's ISF releases the first list of 26 seats for Bengal polls|url=https://thefederal.com/west-bengal-elections-20201/abbas-siddiquis-isf-releases-first-list-of-26-seats-for-bengal-polls/|date=13 March 2021|website=The Federal}}</ref>

On March 23, Two ISF workers were arrested for attacking the Election Commission convoy during their visit to Haroa to remove objectionable political banners which violate the Moral Code of Conduct (MCC).<ref>{{cite web|first1=Republic|last1=World|accessdate=2021-03-24|title=EC convoy allegedly attacked in West Bengal's Haroa, no injuries; two ISF workers arrested|url=https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/ec-convoy-allegedly-attacked-in-west-bengals-haroa-no-injuries-two-isf-workers-arrested.html|website=Republic World}}</ref> The party borrowed the symbol from the Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party (RSMP) of Bihar and the nomination papers that ISF candidates have submitted to the Election Commission is also in the name of Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party (RSMP) as the Abbas Siddiqui-led ISF has not yet got its symbol from the Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 March 2021|title=ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/isf-to-fight-polls-on-borrowed-symbol-434695?infinitescroll=1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Millennium Post|language=en}}</ref>

==Elections==
The party won 1 out of 294 assembly seats in the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 2021]] from Bhangar with 109237 votes.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-05-02|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25148.htm?ac=148|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>

===Election Results===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
|'''Election'''
|'''State'''
|'''Seats Won'''
|'''Total Seats'''
|-
|2021
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]
|West Bengal
|1
|294
|-
|}

=== West Bengal Legislative Assembly ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Electoral performance in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Leader
! colspan=2|Votes
! colspan=2|Seats
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|-
! #
! %
! #
! ±
|-
![[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| Md. [[Nawsad Siddique]]
| 109237
| 45.1
| {{Composition bar|1|294|hex=#DB7093}}
| {{dash}}
| 4th
|{{no2|{{nowrap|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] [[majority government|majority]]}}}}
|-
|}

===Candidates===
The party president Simul Soren will contest from Haripal in Hooghly district, while Mohammed Iqbal and Nuruzzaman will be the party's candidates from Entally and Metiabruz. They are yet to announce the names of candidates from Canning Purba, Jangipara, Bhangar, Madhyamgram, Haroa and Mayureshwar.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Press Trust of India|last1=KolkataMarch 15|first2=2021UPDATED:|last2=March 15|first3=2021 04:31|last3=Ist|accessdate=2021-03-16|title=Abbas Siddiqui's ISF releases names of 20 candidates for West Bengal elections|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/abbas-siddiqui-s-isf-releases-names-of-20-candidates-for-west-bengal-elections-1779332-2021-03-15|website=India Today}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Constituency No. !! Constituency !! Candidate !! Ref.
|-
| 250 || [[Raipur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raipur]] || Milan Mandi || rowspan="20" |<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-16|title=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/103530761739502/photos/a.103807155045196/119300636829181/|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>
|-
| 208 || [[Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahisadal]]|| Bikram Chatterjee
|-
| 232 || [[Chandrakona (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandrakona]] || Goranga Das
|-
| 133 || [[Kulpi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulpi]] || Sirajudin Ghazi
|-
| 135 || [[Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mandirbazar]] || Sanchay Sarkar
|-
| 183 || [[Jagatballavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jagatballavpur]] || Sk Shabbir Ahmed
|-
| 196 || [[Haripal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haripal]] || Simol Soren
|-
| 202 || [[Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khanakul]] || Faisal Khan
|-
| 157 || [[Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Metiaburuz]] ||Nuruzzaman
|-
| 175 || [[Panchla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panchla]] || Md Jalil
|-
| 176 || [[Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Purba]]|| Abbasuddin Khan
|-
| 89 || [[Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Uttar Purba]] || Dinesh Chandra Biswas
|-
| 90 || [[Krishnaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnaganj]] || Anup Mondal
|-
| 125 || [[Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]] || Baijid Amin
|-
| 123 || [[Sandeshkhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sandeshkhali]] || Barun Mahato
|-
| 82 || [[Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chapra]] || Kanchan Maitra
|-
| 101 || [[Ashoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ashoknagar]] || Tapas Chakraborty
|-
| 102 || [[Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Amdanga]] || Jamal Uddin
|-
| 163 || [[Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Uttar]] || Md Mustaqim
|-
| 281 || [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]] || Md Iqbal Alam
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Secular Progressive Front]]
*[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Indian political parties}}

[[Category:Political parties established in 2021]]
[[Category:2021 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Political parties]]
[[Category:Political parties in West Bengal]]

{{stub}}