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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for the cricket in India. BCCI is the richest cricket board in the world and the wealthiest sports association in the country. The board is responsible for the administration of all cricket activities in the country ranging from the selection process to training, organizing the championships and arranging the funds and sponsors. BCCI is a nongovernment society and was formed in December 1928 as a society and is registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. Till eighteenth century, there was no administrative body to manage cricket in India. It was in 1912 that an all India cricket team sponsored and captained by Maharaja of Patiala visited England for the first time. Eight years after the end of World War I, two representatives of the Calcutta Cricket Club travelled to London in 1926 to attend the Imperial Cricket Conference. Imperial Cricket Conference is the predecessor to the current International Cricket Council. Technically, the two members were not an official representative of the Indian cricket but they were still allowed to attend the meeting by the then chairman of the conference Lord Harris. After the meeting, it was decided to send a team to India under the captaincy of Arthur Gilligan who was also the Englands Captain in the Ashes series. Gilligan in India then met the Maharaja of Patiala and others and promised them to press for Indias inclusion in ICC if all the promoters of the game in India come together and establish a single controlling body. The Maharaja of Patiala and others assured that a single controlling body will be formed and to form a single control body, a meeting was held on 21st November 1927 and the meeting was attended by 45 delegates which included delegates from Punjab, Delhi, United Provinces, Rajputana, Alwar, Central India, Bhopal etc. They reached the consensus to create a board for control of cricket in India and they took the unanimous decision to create a provisional board on 10th December 1927 and in December 1928, the BCCI was registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. R E Grant Govan was the first president of the board and Anthony de Mello was its first secretary. The BCC was essential to ensure that the game of cricket advances throughout India. BCCI would arrange and control inter territorial, foreign and other cricket matches and also make arrangements to make different teams to visit India and to control all India representatives playing within and outside India.Currently, BCCI organizes domestic cricket competitions that include BCCI Corporate Trophy, Ranji Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Irani Cup and Indian Premier League. BCCI is the richest cricket board in the world and it does not depend on the government for finances. They earn their income through the ticket sales, advertisements, broadcasting rights, kit sponsors as well as team sponsors. BCCI is in controversies as it has avoided taxes on its income and has claimed exemption in taxes. Although the income tax department withdrew this exemption in 2007-08, BCCI paid only 41.9 crore against its tax liability of 413 crore in the 2009-10 financial year. BCCI is also in controversies for not implementing the Justice Lodha Committee report despite getting instruction from the Supreme Court. BCCI and ICC were in disagreement over the WADA Whereabouts clause. BCCI was also against the Umpire Decision Review System (DRS) proposed by ICC. However, in September 2016, BCCI has given hints that they might be following the DRS system. BCCI is one of the most powerful boards of ICC and also has its influences on many of the ICC decisions.

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All-Star Game Postponed to The End of Indian Premier League 2020: Report
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BCCI Shares Stunning Bird's Eye View of Ahmedabad's Motera Stadium
India.com Sports Desk | February 19, 2020 4:28 PM IST
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New India Selectors to be Named by First Week of March: CAC Member Madan Lal
India.com Sports Desk | February 17, 2020 4:06 PM IST
The Indian cricket team will have its new selectors by March 1 or 2, Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC...
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The ethics officer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) DK Jain has rendered the Conf...
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India Set To Play Day-Night Test During Tour of Australia Later This Year, Confirm BCCI Sources
India.com Sports Desk | February 16, 2020 3:59 PM IST
Virat Kohli-led Indian cricket team are set to play a day-night Test during their tour of Australia ...
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Rahul Johri Steps Down As BCCI's Chief Executive Officer: Report
India.com Sports Desk | February 16, 2020 8:13 AM IST
The first-ever Chief Executive Officer of the BCCI, Rahul Johri has resigned from his post, but appa...
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Ishant Sharma to Join India Test Squad in New Zealand After Recovering From Ankle Injury
India.com Sports Desk | February 15, 2020 7:55 PM IST
India pacer Ishant Sharma has recovered from an ankle injury and has reportedly passed a fitness tes...
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India.com Sports Desk | February 9, 2020 4:50 PM IST
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Shubman Gill To Replace Rohit Sharma For New Zealand Test Series: Report
India.com Sports Desk | February 3, 2020 9:00 PM IST
Shubman Gill s scintillating form could land himself with a place in the Indian team. The Punjab bat...
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If You Haven’t Played Cricket For So Long Then I Don’t Think You Can Come Back: Kapil Dev on MS Dhoni Return
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Rohit Sharma Ruled Out From India’s Remainder Of The New Zealand Tour: BCCI Source
India.com Sports Desk | February 3, 2020 4:08 PM IST
In what is a huge blow to the Indian camp, limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma was on Monday rul...
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BCCI's Four-Nation Super Series Will Have to Wait After Reservations From CA And ECB
India.com Sports Desk | February 3, 2020 2:33 PM IST
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IOA Requests Sourav Ganguly to be India's Goodwill Ambassador at Tokyo Olympics 2020
India.com Sports Desk | February 2, 2020 1:53 PM IST
The Indian Olympics Association (IOA) has requested BCCI President Sourav Ganguly to be the Goodwill...
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5th T20I: Sanju Samson Trolled After Another Failure, Fans Ask BCCI to Get Rishabh Pant Back | POSTS
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As Player, Always Tried My Best And My Motto As CAC Member Will be Same: RP Singh
India.com Sports Desk | February 1, 2020 7:43 PM IST
Former India international RP Singh has vowed to work with the same spirit as he did during his play...
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Madan Lal, RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik in BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee
India.com Sports Desk | January 31, 2020 6:32 PM IST
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Madan Lal, RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik in BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee
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BCCI's New Rs 500 Crore Centre of Excellence to Have Hybrid Pitches, Improved Medical Facilities And Artificial Intelligence
India.com Sports Desk | January 30, 2020 8:23 AM IST
The BCCI's new Centre of Excellence (CoE) which it plans to replace the National Cricket Academy (NC...
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