List of presidents of the Board of Control for Cricket in India

The President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is the highest post at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which administers cricket in India.[4][5] Though the post is an honorary one, it is considered a highly prestigious post due to popularity of the game in the India and the financial clout of the organisation.[6] Over the years influential politicians, royalty and businessmen have occupied the post of President.[7] The president is elected at the BCCI's Annual General Meeting by the member associations of the BCCI with the outgoing president also getting a vote as the chairman of the meeting.[8] The post is rotated zone-wise amongst the five zones of BCCI and a person can hold the post of BCCI president for a maximum of three years.[9]

President of Board of Control for Cricket in India
Incumbent
Roger Binny
since 18 October 2022
Board of Control for Cricket in India
AppointerFull Members of the BCCI[1]
Term length3 Years [2]
Inaugural holderR. E. Grant Govan
Formation1928 (96 years ago) (1928)
Salary 5 crore[3]
Websitehttps://www.bcci.tv

In case of a vacancy, as per the Supreme Court of India, the most senior BCCI vice-president and the joint secretary would take over the interim roles of president and secretary respectively till fresh elections are held.[10] In its report in January 2016, the three-member Lodha Committee recommended the creation of the post of the CEO, with panel stressing the need for the BCCI to separate its governance and management duties, with the CEO taking charge of the management side and also made recommendations for a clear segregation of operational duties from the governance and policy-makers in the board.[11] In April 2016, Rahul Johri was appointed first ever chief executive officer of BCCI.[12]

List of BCCI Presidents[13]
No.ImagePresidentTermHonorary SecretaryTerm
1R. E. Grant Govan1928–33Anthony de Mello[β]1928–39
2Sikandar Hayat Khan1933–35
3Hamidullah Khan1935–37
4K. S. Digvijaysinhji1937–38
5P. Subbarayan1938–46K. S. Ranga Rao1938–46
6Anthony de Mello1946–51Pankaj Gupta1946–48
M. G. Bhave1948–51
7J. C. Mukherji1951–54A. N. Ghose[β]1951–60
8Maharajkumar of Vizianagram1954–56
9Surjit Singh Majithia1956–58
10R. K. Patel1958–60
11M. A. Chidambaram1960–63M. Chinnaswamy[β]1960–65
12Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad1963–66
S. Sriraman1965–70
13Zal Irani1966–69
14A. N. Ghose1969–72
M.V. Chandgadkar1970–75
15Purshottam M. Rungta1972–75
16Ramprakash Mehra1975–77Ghulam Ahmed1975–80
17M. Chinnaswamy1977–80
18S. K. Wankhede1980–82A.W. Kanmadikar1980–85
19N. K. P. Salve1982–85
20S. Sriraman1985–88Ranbir Singh Mahendra[β]1985–90
21Biswanath Dutt1988–90
22Madhavrao Scindia1990–93Jagmohan Dalmiya[β]1990–91[RES]
C. Nagaraj1991–93
23I. S. Bindra1993–96Jagmohan Dalmiya[β]1993–97
24Raj Singh Dungarpur1996–99
Jaywant Y. Lele1997–99
25A. C. Muthiah1999–2001Niranjan S. Shah1999–2003
26Jagmohan Dalmiya2001–04
S. K. Nair2003–04
27Ranbir Singh Mahendra2004–05Niranjan S. Shah2004–08
28Sharad Pawar2005–08
29Shashank Manohar2008–11N. Srinivasan[β]2008–11
30N. Srinivasan2011–13[RES]Sanjay Jagdale2011–13
(26)Jagmohan Dalmiya (Interim)2013Sanjay Patel2013–15
(30)N. Srinivasan2013–14[§]
31Shivlal Yadav (Interim)2014
32Sunil Gavaskar (Interim)2014
(26)Jagmohan Dalmiya2015[†]
(29)Shashank Manohar[RES]2015–16Anurag Thakur[β]2015–16
33Anurag Thakur[14]2016–17[§]Ajay Shirke[14]2016–17[§]
34C. K. Khanna (Interim)[15]2017–19Amitabh Choudhary2017–19
35Sourav Ganguly2019–22Jay Shah2019–
36Roger Binny[16]2022–

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