The President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is the highest post at the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the world ...
(BCCI),
which administers
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
Though the post is an honorary one, it is considered a highly prestigious post due to popularity of the game in the India and the financial clout of the organisation.
Over the years influential politicians,
royalty and businessmen have occupied the post of President.
The president is elected at the BCCI's
Annual General Meeting with each of the
30 affiliates of the BCCI getting a vote. The outgoing president also has a vote as chairman of the meeting.
The post is rotated zone-wise across India and a person can hold the post of BCCI president for a maximum of three years.
said that the most senior BCCI vice-president and the joint secretary would take over the interim roles of president and secretary respectively. In April 2016,
Rahul Johri
Rahul Johri presently serves as President – Business,South Asia o(having previously served as Executive Vice President and General Manager - South Asia for Discovery Networks Asia Pacific). He was the 1st Chief Executive Officer at the Board ...
was appointed first ever Chief Executive Officer of BCCI. In its report in January 2016, the three-member
Lodha Committee
The Lodha Committee was appointed by the Supreme Court of India on 23 January 2015 to analyse and recommend implementable actions for improving the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), assess the quantum of punishment for Gurunath Meiya ...
recommended the creation of the post of the CEO, with panel stressing the need for the BCCI to separate its governance and management duties, with the CEO taking charge of the management side and also made recommendations for a clear segregation of operational duties from the governance and policy-makers in the board.
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Notes
References
External links
Complete list of BCCI Presidents
{{DEFAULTSORT:Presidents of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
Indian sports executives and administrators
Indian cricket lists
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