Board of control for cricket in India (BCCI) is not bigger than ICC, it is the national governing body of cricket in India. BCCI plays important role with the international cricket council (ICC), has hosted multiple ICC world cup tournaments 1987,1996,2011,2023 ODI world cup and 2016 T20 world cup. It also hosted 2013 women’s cricket world cup and will host the 2026 ICC T20 world cup, 2031 ICC ODI and 2025 women’s cricket world cup. In 2022, BCCI is the wealthiest governing body of cricket with the 5300crore revenue in the world, the international cricket council, ICC shares the largest part of its revenue with the Board of control for cricket in India
How Board of control for cricket works?
Board of control for cricket manage the squads that represent the India in international cricket. Its national selection committee to select the playes, BCCI organize and schedules matches to be played by each of these teams and it also schedules and organize the domestic cricket in India.
Is Board of control for cricket under government of India?
Yes, BCCI is a government organization which come under the national sport federation India of government of India but it is an autonomous body, which has the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs.
How Board of control for cricket earn money?
Ticket sales, media rights and sponsorship and more are the major part of the revenue of BCCI. The glamor and aggressive cricket of Indian premier league has been the major contributor to BCCI’s financial growth. The craze of cricket in India is deeply ingrained in heart of people and the massive viewership of IPL 400 billion viewing minute attract the sponsorship and advertisement to generate the revenue for BCCI.
How Board of control for cricket pay to player?
BCCI work on retainership modal for pay to players. In the season 2023-24 BCCI announce the annual player contract for team India (senior men).
Grade (A+)
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravinder Jadeja
Grade (A)
R Ashwin, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubhman Gill and Hardik Pandya.
Grade (B)
Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Grade (C)
Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaeward, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sunder, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, and Rajat Patidar.
In 2023-24, Any player who meet the criteria of 3 Tests, 8 ODIs and 10 T20 in this period of Time, they will automatically add in Grade C and those players who are not included, Board of control for cricket recommended them to participate in domestic cricket.
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