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 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Board of Control for Cricket in India | |
| Style | Mr. President |
| Type | President |
| Status | Head of the 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 |
| Formation | 1928 |
| Deputy | Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Salary | ₹5 crore (US$600,000)[3] |
| Website | https://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]
| No. | Image | President | Term | Honorary Secretary | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
R. E. Grant Govan | 1928–33 | Anthony de Mello[β] | 1928–38 |
| 2 | 
|
Sikandar Hayat Khan | 1933–35 | ||
| 3 | 
|
Hamidullah Khan | 1935–37 | ||
| 4 | 
|
K. S. Digvijaysinhji | 1937–38 | ||
| 5 | 
|
P. Subbarayan | 1938–46 | K. S. Ranga Rao | 1938–46 |
| 6 |
|
Anthony de Mello | 1946–51 | Pankaj Gupta | 1946–48 |
| M. G. Bhave | 1948–51 | ||||
| 7 |
|
J. C. Mukherji | 1951–54 | A. N. Ghose[β] | 1951–60 |
| 8 | Maharajkumar of Vizianagram | 1954–56 | |||
| 9 |
|
Surjit Singh Majithia | 1956–58 | ||
| 10 |
|
R. K. Patel | 1958–60 | ||
| 11 | 
|
M. A. Chidambaram | 1960–63 | M. Chinnaswamy[β] | 1960–65 |
| 12 | 
|
Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad | 1963–66 | ||
| S. Sriraman | 1965–70 | ||||
| 13 |
|
Zal Irani | 1966–69 | ||
| 14 |
|
A. N. Ghose | 1969–72 | ||
| M.V. Chandgadkar | 1970–75 | ||||
| 15 |
|
Purshottam M. Rungta | 1972–75 | ||
| 16 |
|
Ramprakash Mehra | 1975–77 | Ghulam Ahmed | 1975–80 |
| 17 |
|
M. Chinnaswamy | 1977–80 | ||
| 18 |
|
S. K. Wankhede | 1980–82 | A.W. Kanmadikar | 1980–85 |
| 19 |
|
N. K. P. Salve | 1982–85 | ||
| 20 |
|
S. Sriraman | 1985–88 | Ranbir Singh Mahendra[β] | 1985–90 |
| 21 |
|
Biswanath Dutt | 1988–90 | ||
| 22 |
|
Madhavrao Scindia | 1990–93 | Jagmohan Dalmiya[β] | 1990–91[RES] |
| C. Nagaraj | 1991–93 | ||||
| 23 |
|
I. S. Bindra | 1993–96 | Jagmohan Dalmiya[β] | 1993–97 |
| 24 |
|
Raj Singh Dungarpur | 1996–99 | ||
| Jaywant Y. Lele | 1997–99 | ||||
| 25 |
|
A. C. Muthiah | 1999–2001 | Niranjan S. Shah | 1999–2003 |
| 26 | Jagmohan Dalmiya | 2001–04 | |||
| S. K. Nair | 2003–04 | ||||
| 27 |
|
Ranbir Singh Mahendra | 2004–05 | Niranjan S. Shah | 2004–08 |
| 28 | .jpg)
|
Sharad Pawar | 2005–08 | ||
| 29 |
|
Shashank Manohar | 2008–11 | N. Srinivasan[β] | 2008–11 |
| 30 |
|
N. Srinivasan | 2011–13[RES] | Sanjay Jagdale | 2011–13 |
| (26) | Jagmohan Dalmiya (Interim) | 2013 | Sanjay Patel | 2013–15 | |
| (30) |
|
N. Srinivasan | 2013–14[§] | ||
| 31 |
|
Shivlal Yadav (Interim) | 2014 | ||
| 32 | 
|
Sunil Gavaskar (Interim) | 2014 | ||
| (26) | Jagmohan Dalmiya | 2015[†] | |||
| (29) |
|
Shashank Manohar[RES] | 2015–16 | Anurag Thakur[β] | 2015–16 |
| 33 | 
|
Anurag Thakur[14] | 2016–17[§] | Ajay Shirke[14] | 2016–17[§] |
| 34 |
|
C. K. Khanna (Interim)[15] | 2017–19 | Amitabh Choudhary | 2017–19 |
| 35 | 
|
Sourav Ganguly | 2019–22 | Jay Shah | 2019–24 |
| 36 |
|
Roger Binny[16] | 2022– | ||
| Devajit Saikia (Acting)[17] | 2024- |
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