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

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President of Board of Control for Cricket in India
Roger Binny 2018.jpg
Incumbent
Roger Binny
since 18 October 2022
Board of Control for Cricket in India
Appointer Full Members of the BCCI [1]
Term length 3 Years [2]
Inaugural holder R. E. Grant Govan
Formation1928(96 years ago) (1928)
Salary ₹ 5 crore [3]
Website https://www.bcci.tv

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]

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
1 No image available.svg R. E. Grant Govan 1928–33 Anthony de Mello [β] 1928–39
2 Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan.png Sikandar Hayat Khan 1933–35
3 Nawab hmidulla khan.jpg Hamidullah Khan 1935–37
4 Jam-Shri-Digvijaysinhji-Ranjitsinhji-Jadeja-Maharaja-Jam-Saheb-of-Nawanagar.jpg K. S. Digvijaysinhji 1937–38
5 P Subbarayan 1989 stamp of India.jpg P. Subbarayan 1938–46K. S. Ranga Rao1938–46
6 No image available.svg A.S. De Mello 1946–51Pankaj Gupta1946–48
M. G. Bhave1948–51
7 No image available.svg J. C. Mukherji1951–54A. N. Ghose [β] 1951–60
8 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram 1954–56
9 No image available.svg Surjit Singh Majithia 1956–58
10 No image available.svg R. K. Patel1958–60
11 Mac1940.jpg M. A. Chidambaram 1960–63 M. Chinnaswamy [β] 1960–65
12 Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad.jpg Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad 1963–66
S. Sriraman 1965–70
13 No image available.svg Zal Irani 1966–69
14 No image available.svg A. N. Ghose1969–72
M.V. Chandgadkar1970–75
15 No image available.svg Purshottam M. Rungta1972–75
16 No image available.svg Ramprakash Mehra 1975–77Ghulam Ahmed1975–80
17 No image available.svg M. Chinnaswamy1977–80
18 No image available.svg S. K. Wankhede 1980–82A.W. Kanmadikar1980–85
19 No image available.svg N. K. P. Salve 1982–85
20 No image available.svg S. Sriraman1985–88 Ranbir Singh Mahendra [β] 1985–90
21 No image available.svg Biswanath Dutt1988–90
22 No image available.svg Madhavrao Scindia 1990–93 Jagmohan Dalmiya [β] 1990–91 [RES]
C. Nagaraj1991–93
23 No image available.svg I. S. Bindra 1993–96Jagmohan Dalmiya [β] 1993–97
24 No image available.svg Raj Singh Dungarpur 1996–99
Jaywant Y. Lele1997–99
25 No image available.svg A. C. Muthiah 1999–2001Niranjan S. Shah1999–2003
26Jagmohan Dalmiya2001–04
S. K. Nair2003–04
27 No image available.svg Ranbir Singh Mahendra2004–05Niranjan S. Shah2004–08
28 The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar addressing at the launch of the Sahana Group's New Marathi Channel "Jai Maharashtra", in Mumbai on April 27, 2013 (cropped).jpg Sharad Pawar 2005–08
29 No image available.svg Shashank Manohar 2008–11 N. Srinivasan [β] 2008–11
30 No image available.svg N. Srinivasan 2011–13 [RES] Sanjay Jagdale2011–13
(26)Jagmohan Dalmiya (Interim)2013Sanjay Patel2013–15
(30) No image available.svg N. Srinivasan2013–14 [§]
31 No image available.svg Shivlal Yadav (Interim)2014
32 Sunny Gavaskar Sahara.jpg Sunil Gavaskar (Interim)2014
(26)Jagmohan Dalmiya2015 [†]
(29) No image available.svg Shashank Manohar [RES] 2015–16Anurag Thakur [β] 2015–16
33 Shri Anurag Singh Thakur in March 2023.jpg Anurag Thakur [14] 2016–17 [§] Ajay Shirke [14] 2016–17 [§]
34 No image available.svg C. K. Khanna (Interim) [15] 2017–19Amitabh Choudhary2017–19
35 Sourav Ganguly closeup.jpg Sourav Ganguly 2019–22 Jay Shah 2019–
36 Roger Binny 2018.jpg Roger Binny [16] 2022–

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