BCCI

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)

The Board of Control for Cricket in India, or BCCI, is the governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarter is at Mumbai. The board was formed in December 1928 for all crickets in India. BCCI replaced Calcutta Cricket Club and BCCI uses government-owned stadiums at an annual rent. It is a private club. Now BCCI is the wealthiest board for cricket all over the world. As a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it has the authority to select players, umpires and officials to participate in ICC’s events.
Full Members:
• Assam Cricket Association
• Baroda Cricket Association
• Cricket Association of Bengal
• Delhi Cricket Association
• Goa Cricket Association
• Gujarat Cricket Association
• Haryana Cricket Association
• Hyderabad Cricket Association
• Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association
• Jharkhand Cricket Association
• Karnataka Cricket Association
• Kerala Cricket Association
• Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association
• Maharashtra Cricket Association
• Mumbai Cricket Association
• Orissa Cricket Association
• Punjab Cricket Association
• Railways Cricket Association
• Rajasthan Cricket Association
• Saurashtra Cricket Association
• Services Cricket Association
• Tripura Cricket Association
• Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association
• Vidarbha Cricket Association
• Andhra Pradesh Cricket Association
• Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association
• Tamil Nadu Cricket Association


Domestic cricket in India:
The BCCI organizes the following domestic cricket competitions:
• Ranji Trophy
• Irani Trophy
• Duleep Trophy
• Deodhar Trophy
• Challenger Trophy
History:
In 1911, an all-India cricket team went England for the first time, captained by the Maharaja of Patiala, and taking the best cricketers of the time. Although technically not an official representative of Indian cricket, it was allowed to attend by Lord Harris, chairman of the conference. An decision of the meeting was the MCC's decision to send a team to India, lead by Arthur Gilligan, who had captained England in The Ashes tournament. The new India team performed impressively during this tour.
An assurance was given and a meeting held in Delhi on November 21, 1927, attended by members fromSind, Punjab, Patiala, Delhi, United Provinces, Rajputana, Bhopal, Gwalior, Baroda, Kathiawar and Central India. In December 1928, the BCCI was formed having only six associations affiliated to it as against the earlier-decided eight. R.E. Grant Govan was made its first president.

BCCI turns to top legal brains for help on WADA issue

	The Indian cricketers who did not supply 'whereabouts' information before the August 1 deadline will not be penalised by the ICC © Associated Press
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The Indian board has sought the opinion of two top legal authorities in the country to firm up its stand against the contentious 'whereabouts' clause in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code. The BCCI confirmed it has requested Goolam Vahanvati, India's attorney-general, and AS Anand, a former chief justice, to clarify whether the clause infringed on players' rights and had the potential to be legally challenged.

The ICC, meanwhile, has decided to hold a meeting of its working group on September 5-6 in Dubai to discuss India's objections to the clause, which the BCCI said violates players' privacy and posed a security threat. The decision was taken at a teleconference of the group on Wednesday night. The ICC has also informed its members that no player in its testing pool will be penalised for missing the August 1 deadline for supplying 'whereabouts' information until the BCCI has had a chance to address its concerns.

All players in the ICC's International Registered Testing Pool (IRTP), except the 11 from India, have agreed to submit to the new code. The code's 'whereabouts' clause requires players in the pool to supply information in advance on their location for an hour each day for the forthcoming quarter (three months) to facilitate testing during and outside competitions.

The BCCI has backed its players and their opposition to the clause led the ICC to form a working group to resolve the issue. This group is headed by Tim Kerr, chairman of ICC anti-doping panel, and including ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat, BCCI secretary N Srinivasan, ICC principal advisor IS Bindra and former India captain Anil Kumble, who sits on WADA's Athletes Committee.

WADA has agreed to assist in the process and David Howman, its director-general, said the agency had been involved in discussions with the ICC on the code for the last five years. "We have been engaged with the ICC for five years now," Howman told the Hindu. "The discussions started with the ICC when Malcolm Speed was the CEO. I have had occasions to be engaged at ICC meetings and certainly my answer [whether ICC was involved in the process of revising the code] is yes. The ICC has been part of what we have been trying to do for some time."

The ICC became a WADA signatory in 2006 and adopted the amended code from January 1 this year. The Indian board has suggested that they will push for a cricket-specific code and ask the ICC to negotiate with WADA to amend the testing pool selection method to include only players who are injured or have a history of doping violations. WADA has agreed to a similar amendment for FIFA, the world football body.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India, or BCCI, is the apex governing body for cricket in India, headquartered at Mumbai. The board was formed in December 1928 as the national governing body for all cricket in India. BCCI replaced Calcutta Cricket Club. It is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. The BCCI often uses government-owned stadiums across the country at a nominal annual rent. It is a private club consortium. Basically to become a member of a state-level association, you need to be introduced by another member and also pay an annual fee. The state-level clubs select their representatives (secretaries) who in turn select the BCCI officials. As for any private club, BCCI or the state-level associations are not required to make their balance sheets public.
As a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it has the authority to select players, umpires and officials to participate in international events and exercises total control over them. Without its recognition, no competitive cricket involving BCCI-contracted Indian players can be hosted within or outside the country.

Cricket 2008-2009

It was very very great year for indian cricket.
From all the games played by india most of them are dominated by the indians.
Gambhir was the surprise package and what can we say abt Sehwag