history of cricket in india

He Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing frame for cricket in India. The board turned into shaped in December 1928 as a society, registered below the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. It is a consortium of nation cricket institutions and the nation institutions choose their representatives who in flip go with the BCCI Chief. Its headquarters are in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Grant Govan turned into its first president and Anthony De Mello its first secretary.
In 1912, an all-India cricket crew visited England for the primary time, subsidized and captained through Maharaja of Patiala. In 1926, representatives of the Calcutta Cricket Club travelled to London to wait conferences of the Imperial Cricket Conference, the predecessor to the current International Cricket Council. Although technically now no longer an legit consultant of Indian cricket, they have been allowed to wait through Lord Harris, chairman of the conference. The final results of the assembly turned into the MCC's choice to ship a crew to India, led through Arthur Gilligan, who had captained England in The Ashes.
In a assembly with the Maharaja of Patiala and others, Gilligan promised to press for its inclusion withinside the ICC if all of the promoters of the sport withinside the land got here collectively to set up a unmarried controlling frame. An warranty turned into given and a assembly turned into held in Delhi on 21 November 1927 and turned into attended through delegates from Patiala, Delhi, United Provinces, Rajputana, Alwar, Bhopal, Gwalior, Baroda, Kathiawar, Central Provinces, Sindh and Punjab. A consensus turned into reached to create a board for manage of cricket in India and on 10 December 1927, a unanimous choice to shape a provisional board of manage turned into taken. In December 1928, the BCCI turned into registered below the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act with six institutions affiliated to it. R E Grant Govan turned into elected as its first president and Anthony de Mello as secretary.[4] Indian cricket crew toured England in 1932.