Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is the governing body of cricket in India, It is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the international governing body of cricket. BCCI is made up of full and associate member associations. These member associations are grouped into zones, depending on their location in India, North zone, Central zone, East zone, West zone and South zone.
Most of the member associations govern cricket in their respective states while some govern the sport in their regions such as Mumbai, historic areas of Princely state such Hyderabad State, some govern it in Union territories such as Jammu and Kashmir, Pondicherry etc., government institutions such as Army, Services and Universities.
Affiliated Members
editMembership of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is made up of Full Members and Associate Members.[1][2]
Full Members
editThe majority of full members are state cricket associations. Each state is permitted one representative, except for Gujarat and Maharashtra, which have three. There are additional representatives from Indian Railways, Services and Universities. Changes recommended by the Lodha Committee included restricting full membership to state associations and limiting states to one full member, with the others becoming associate members,[3] but these have not been fully adopted by the BCCI, with existing members retaining full membership except for Cricket Club of India (Mumbai) and National Cricket Club (Kolkata).[4]
Associate Members
editAll members not meeting the criteria for full members are classified as associate members. They include:
| Name | Represents | President | Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket Association of Pondicherry[a] | Puducherry | G.M. Arunkumar | South |
| Cricket Club of India[4][6] | –
|
Madhumati Lele | –
|
| National Cricket Club[4][6] | –
|
-
|
–
|
| Union Territory Cricket Association[7] | Chandigarh | -
|
North |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ BCCI Constitution PDF Archived (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2021.
- ^ a b BCCI Constitution (PDF). BCCI. 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ Menon, Suresh (23 February 2017). Wisden India Almanack 2017. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9789385936500.
- ^ a b c "Supreme Court approves new BCCI constitution, with a couple of key tweaks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Cricket Association of Pondicherry is a Full Member of BCCI". The Hindu. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Decoded: What does SC verdict on BCCI's new constitutional amendments mean?". Business Standard. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Cricket Association of Uttarakhand gets BCCI membership". ESPNcricinfo. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2022.