BCCI has no official website!

I wanted to know more about this committee and hence I started searching on the web for news but did not get any links so I started searching for BCCI website and to my shock found that BCCI is India’s richest sporting body and one of the richest sports team or body in the whole world, they do not have an official website. Well in this age and time, and considering the fact that India is an IT (Information Technology) hub, I was surprised. No wonders there are so many rumors floating around. The only information I could get was from this Wikipedia page. The fact did open my eyes.

“The Board of Control for Cricket in India, or BCCI, is the apex governing body for cricket in India and lays down its law. The board was formed in 1929. It is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. The BCCI, inter alia, enjoys tax exemption and other benefits such as use of Indian police officers for free and often uses government-owned stadiums across the country at a nominal annual rent.”

Point here is, BCCI is just a society. No one owns the BCCI and BCCI’s membership generally includes the State cricket associations and hence all the regional problems during selection. So who is BCCI accountable to?

This is being a real eye opener for me. I mean BCCI enjoys all the facilities from the Indian Government and it is not accountable to anyone.

The problem as I see is having a strong leadership all along. There is no road map or strategy for anyone in place. I don’t how much input regional boards have in BCCI.

So just to compare BCCI with the Australian Cricket Board , I did a little bit of searching on the web. Since we need to be the best why not learn from best. So I searched for the Australian Cricket Board and what was the outcome, you ask? Impressive!!!

They not only have an Official website, but the website has a page for strategy. It lists 5 goals and 9 primary targets.

Here is the excerpt from wikipedia:

“Cricket Australia, formerly (and still often referred to as) the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket Matches. [1] It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company, Limited By Guarantee.”

It is just not about having a website. The point again is about leadership and accountability.

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BCCI – Board of Control for Cricket in India

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the apex governing body for cricket in India. The BCCI is the richest cricket board in the world.

As a member of the International Cricket Council ( ICC), it represents the our country in internationally. It has the authority to select players, umpires, and officials to represent the country in international events and exercises total control over them. It can twist the arm of International Cricket Council for favoring decision. BCCI got such powers because of millions of Indian follows the game so the sponsors/advertiser gave BBCI tremendous power. Remember without its recognition, no competitive cricket involving Indian players can be hosted within or outside the country.

BCCI was established in 1929. Sharad Pawar is current President and Sahara group of companies and Nike sponsors it.

However, BCCI lacks administration or corporate structure. Other countries such as Australia, UK has very good administration system. They should appoint the CEO and should pay attention to their employees as well. According to recent TOI news, BCCI does not pay very well to Ground staff.