User:Kshrikent/Board of Control for Cricket in India

History
The first game of cricket was played in India by European sailors, who played the sport as a recreational activity in the first half of the 18th century. These sailors played cricket near their coastal settlements. The first recorded match in India was played between the British army and British settlers in 1751. The world's second-oldest cricket club, Calcutta Cricket Club, was founded in 1792 in present-day Kolkata. The Parsis were the first civilian community to accept cricket as a sport and play it in India. In 1848, they set up the Oriental Cricket Club in present-day Mumbai. In 1850, they founded the Young Zoroastrian Cricket Club. In 1886, the Hindu Gymkhana sports club was founded.

In 1912, an all-India cricket team visited England for the first time, and were sponsored and captained by the Maharaja of Patiala. In 1926, two representatives of Calcutta Cricket Club travelled to London to attend meetings of the Imperial Cricket Conference, the predecessor of the current International Cricket Council. Although technically not an official representative of Indian cricket, they were allowed to attend by Lord Harris, chairman of the conference. The outcome of the meeting was the MCC's decision to send a team that was led by Arthur Gilligan, who had captained England in The Ashes, to India.

21st century
Since 2000, the BCCI has hosted and organised multiple ICC cricket World Cup competitions in 2011, 2016, 2021, ICC Men's Cricket World Cups, 2013, 2016 Women's Cricket world cups.

In 2007, the BCCI established the Indian Premier League (IPL), an annual, franchise-based, Twenty20 cricket league. In 2008, the BCCI sold the ownership of eight city-based franchises to corporate groups and Bollywood celebrities in a closed auction for a total of US$723.49 million; it also sold the tournament's global media rights for 10 years to World Sport Group for US$1.03 billion. The media deal was re-negotiated the following year to $1.6 billion. In 2010, the BCCI expanded the league to 10 teams, selling two new franchises for a total of US$703 million. Due to the IPL's commercial success, similarly styled Twenty20 leagues appeared around the world, as did franchise-based leagues in other sports in India.

'''In 2014, the BCCI, Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board seized control of several of the ICC's key committees to form the "Big Three". The foundation of the "Big Three" would result in a complete remodelling of world cricket, with India, England, and Australia now commanding most of cricket's revenue for the foreseeable future.'''

In 2019, the BCCI recognised retired players' union the Indian Cricketers Association (ICA), which was formed after the Lodha committee's recommendation to form a indipendent organisation for welfare of nation's players. The BCCI also includes this union's representative in its and the IPL's governing apex council.

On 14 February 2022, BCCI began constructing a new National Cricket Academy (NCA) at Bengaluru.

Indian Premier League
In 2008, the BCCI launched its Twenty20 cricket league franchise the Indian Premier League (IPL), which has grown to become the world's most-lucrative cricket league, attracting many of the world's top players. It is one of the biggest sports leagues in the world. The IPL is the BCCI's major revenue source and is the only league to have a special window in ICC Future Tours Programme (ICC FTP), meaning very little international cricket is organised during the tournament.

Controversies
From 2008, the BCCI banned Pakistani players from playing in the IPL due to Pakistan's involvement in 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks,  in which terrorist attack by Pakistan-trained terrorists killed 166 people died and injured 238. The attacks angered Indians. In 2012, the BCCI advised its IPL franchises not to buy any Pakistani players. It was wary of several issues; their off-field misdemeanours and spot-fixing allegations against them.

From 2012, BCCI opposed holding any bilateral series with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). India plays against Pakistan only in ICC and ACC multinational events. Many times, the PCB urged BCCI to play bilateral series but BCCI rejected them. According to the BCCI, India cannot not play bilateral series against Pakistan without the Government of India's permission. According to the Indian government, Pakistan sponsors, harbours and supports terrorist organisations, and trains terrorists. In 2017, the Sports Minister of India, Vijay Goel said Pakistan should first stop sponsoring terrorists.

The BCCI, seeing as it controls the IPL and receives a large share of its revenues, has been massively elevated in financial standing by the tournament, so much so that global cricket power is becoming increasingly concentrated within the Indian cricket establishment. The BCCI's ever-increasing governance over cricket has resulted in a decline in the sport's diversity. '''For example, while sixteen teams competed in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the 2019 Cricket World Cup featured only ten teams. On par with this trend, the 2023 Cricket World Cup, which is slated to take place in October and November of 2023, will also feature only ten teams.'''

BCCI pays 10 percent from the salary of every foreign player to their respective national board. In 2022, the Australian Cricketers' Association expressed their unhappiness about these payments.

In popular culture

 * The BCCI was featured in the Jersey, a 2019 Telugu language film in which the main protagonist Arjun (Nani) aspires to play for the India national cricket team and in the Ranji Trophy.
 * This organisation was mentioned in M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) Bollywood film.
 * The BCCI was a major talking point in comedian Hasan Minhaj's "Cricket Corruption" episode on the "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj". In "Cricket Corruption", Minhaj claims that the growth of Indian cricket is suppressing cricket's inclusivity and accessibility to fledgling nations (these are referred to as "Associate Members" by the ICC). He even opines that the financial successes of the IPL have launched the BCCI to a position where they now transcend the ICC in global cricketing power and influence.
 * The BCCI was featured in Kabir Khan's 83 (2021), which is a Hindi-language sports drama film that chronicles India's against-all-odds victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Albeit not by any means the central focus of the film, the BCCI are presented as an important organization in Indian cricket in supporting and promoting the game across the nation.