BCCI

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body of cricket in India and the country’s sole representative at the International Cricket Council.

The BCCI was formally established in December 1928, according to its own history page, after a provisional board was formed at a meeting at the Bombay Gymkhana on 10 December 1927. Grant Govan was its first president and Anthony De Mello its first secretary. It is registered as a society under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975, and Wikipedia says it receives no government grants. Its office is at Cricket Centre, Wankhede Stadium, Churchgate, Mumbai.

Wikipedia lists Mithun Manhas as president and Devajit Saikia as secretary, both since 2025. The BCCI runs the Indian Premier League, which was established in 2007, and the Women’s Premier League. Its history page notes that India played its first Test in 1932 at Lord’s.

The board is in the news for squad selection. Nation in Shorts reported that the BCCI Women’s Selection Committee announced on 9 November 2026 that Smriti Mandhana will captain India in Tests, ODIs and T20Is on the seven-match tour of South Africa in December, opening with a one-off Test on 9 December.

Sources: Wikipedia, BCCI (History)