full form of BCCI

What's the full form of BCCI

BCCI: Board of Control for Cricket in India

BCCI stands for Board of Control for Cricket in India. It's the nationwide governing physique for cricket in India. That is shaped in December,1928 to exchange Calcutta Cricket Board and headquartered at Mumbai. It's related to Worldwide cricket Council (ICC) and is the richest cricket board on the earth.

It controls all tournaments inside and outdoors India. It has the authority to pick gamers, umpires and officers to participates in worldwide occasions. The BCCI officers are elected by the representatives of state cricket associations. BCCI is headed by the president which is the very best designation in BCCI. Its present president (as of July 2017) is Vinod Rai. He's the previous Comptroller and Auditor Normal of India (CAG). The logo of BCCI is derived from the British Indian flag in the course of the colonial interval.

BCCI's first president: R.E.Grant Gova

BCCI's first secretary: Anthony De Mello

BCCI has 27 state association members and three non taking part in members from the all 5 cricket zones in India. These 5 cricket zones are:

  • North Zone
  • South Zone
  • East Zone
  • West Zone
  • Central Zone

Tournaments carried out by BCCI

BCCI conducts the next tournaments in India:

  • Indian Premier League (IPL)
  • BCCI Company Trophy
  • Irani Cup
  • Ranji Trophy
  • Duleep Trophy
  • Vijay hazare Trophy
  • Deodhar Trophy
  • Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
  • NKP Salve Challenger Trophy