The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for cricket in India, founded in 1928 and headquartered in Mumbai, and by a wide margin the wealthiest and most influential national cricket board in the world, generating the majority of global cricket's broadcast and commercial revenue. It oversees the Indian national cricket teams and organizes the Indian Premier League (IPL), the sport's richest and most widely watched domestic Twenty20 competition, whose commercial success has reshaped the economics of international cricket.
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Body TypeAutonomous private national cricket governing body 1 Headquarters FoundersR. E. Grant Govan, Anthony De Mello 1 Connections
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Source states the nation's full ICC membership; the board is that nation's member body
Source Board of Control for Cricket in India, Wikipedia
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In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: India, located there.
Sources
1. Board of Control for Cricket in India, Wikipedia
History section
BCCI was established on 1 December 1928 in Madras under Act XXI of 1860
Infobox / Headquarters field
Its headquarters are situated at the Cricket Centre in Churchgate, Mumbai.
Lead paragraph
an autonomous, private organization that does not fall under the purview of the Government of India
History section [founder-names] [2]
R. E. Grant Govan was the first BCCI president and Anthony De Mello was its first secretary.
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Why is the BCCI considered the most powerful board in world cricket?
It generates the majority of global cricket's broadcast and commercial revenue.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, founded in 1928 and headquartered in Mumbai, is by a wide margin the wealthiest and most influential national cricket board in the world, generating the majority of global cricket's broadcast and commercial revenue. It organizes the Indian Premier League, the sport's richest and most widely watched domestic Twenty20 competition, whose commercial success has reshaped the economics of international cricket.
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