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),[1] which runs Cricket in India.[2] Though the post is an honorary one, it is considered a highly prestigious post due popularity of the game in the India and the financial clout of the organisation.[3] Over the years influential politicians, royals and businessmen have occupied the post of President.[4] The president is elected at the BCCI's Annual General Meeting with each of the 30 affiliates of the BCCI getting a vote. The outgoing president also has a vote as chairman of the meeting.[5] The post is rotated zone-wise across India and a person can hold the post of BCCI president for a maximum of three years.[6]
List
No. | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Remarks |
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1 | R E Grant Govan | 1928 | 1933 | |
2 | Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan | 1933 | 1935 | |
3 | Hamidullah Khan | 1935 | 1937 | |
4 | K S Digvijaysinhji | 1937 | 1938 | |
5 | P Subbarayan | 1938 | 1946 | |
6 | Anthony S D'Mello | 1946 | 1951 | |
7 | J C Mukherji | 1951 | 1954 | |
8 | Maharajkumar of Vizianagram | 1954 | 1956 | |
9 | Sardar Surjitsingh Majithia | 1956 | 1958 | |
10 | R K Patel | 1958 | 1960 | |
11 | M A Chidambaram | 1960 | 1963 | |
12 | Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad | 1963 | 1966 | |
13 | Z R Irani | 1966 | 1969 | |
14 | A N Ghose | 1969 | 1972 | |
15 | P M Rungta [7] | 1972 | 1975 | |
16 | Ramprakash Mehra | 1975 | 1977 | |
17 | M Chinnaswamy | 1977 | 1980 | |
18 | S K Wankhede | 1980 | 1982 | |
19 | NKP Salve | 1982 | 1985 | |
20 | S Sriraman | 1985 | 1988 | |
21 | B N Dutt | 1988 | 1990 | |
22 | Madhavrao Scindia | 1990 | 1993 | |
23 | IS Bindra | 1993 | 1996 | |
24 | Raj Singh Dungarpur | 1996 | 1999 | |
25 | A C Muthiah | 1999 | 2001 | |
26 | Jagmohan Dalmiya | 2001 | 2004 | |
27 | Ranbir Singh Mahendra | 2004 | 2005 | |
28 | Sharad Pawar | 2005 | 2008 | |
29 | Shashank Manohar | 2008 | 2011 | |
30 | N Srinivasan | 2011 | 2013 | |
31 | Jagmohan Dalmiya | 2013 | 2013 | Interim |
32 | N Srinivasan | 2013 | 2014 | |
33 | Shivlal Yadav | 2014 | 2014 | Interim |
34 | Sunil Gavaskar | 2014 | 2014 | Interim (IPL) |
35 | Jagmohan Dalmiya | 2015 | 2015 | Died in Office |
36 | Shashank Manohar | 2015 | 2016 | Resigned |
37 | Anurag Thakur | 2016 | Incumbent |
See also
Rahul Johri as its new CEO,
References
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