India Cricket Governing body
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
The
Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) is the governing body over the Indian cricket
team. The Board has been operating since 1929 and represents
India with the International Cricket Council. It is amongst
the richest sporting organizations in the world, it sold media
rights to for India's matches in the next 4 years for 612
million US dollars. It negotiates India's sponsorships,
its future tours and the selection of its players. Selection
for the Indian cricket team occurs through the BCCI's zonal
selection policy, where the selection committee is comprised
of a selector from each zone in India. This has sometimes
led to controversy as to whether these selectors are biased
towards their zones.
The
International Cricket Council determines India's upcoming
matches through its future tours program. However, the BCCI,
with its influential financial position in the cricketing
world, has often challenged the ICC's program and called for
more tours between India, Australia, Pakistan and England
which are more likely to earn more revenue as opposed to tours
with Bangladesh or Zimbabwe.In the past, the BCCI has also
come into conflict with the ICC in relation to sponsorships
and the legitimacy of the ICC Champions Trophy.