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  BCCI - Board of Control for Cricket in India
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Cricket is the unofficial national sport of India, and its development has been closely tied up with the history of the country, mirroring many of the political and cultural developments around issues such as race, caste, religion and nationality.
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  Board of Control for Cricket in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, or BCCI, is the apex governing body for cricket in India and lays down its law.
The legality of the office-bearer's election at the board's annual general meeting (AGM) held on September 29, 2004 is subjudice.
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be jointly hosting the 2011 Cricket World Cup.The Asian countries won by beating a joint bid by Australia and New Zealand by ten votes to three.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_India   (877 words)

  
 India--report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Considering that the aforesaid allegations of "betting" and "match-fixing" by Indian cricketers and/or by management are calculated to cause grave prejudice to the future of Indian cricket and damage its image and the image of the country, BCCI considered it expedient to have a thorough enquiry made into the said allegations.
Y.V.Chandrachud, Former Chief Justice of India, to hold an enquiry into the alleged charges with liberty to call for the record of the board such as he considers relevant, and to call for the evidence of the Board officials or members, team officials, cricketers and journalists as he may deem fit and necessary.
Cricket is a religion in India and if the numerous spectators even suspect that a player takes bribe to play badly, they will boycott him and destroy his family socially.
members.rediff.com /IndianCricket/indiareport.htm   (11856 words)

  
 Cricket in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cricket is the unofficial national sport of India, and its development has been closely tied up with the history of the country, mirroring many of the political and cultural developments around issues such as race, caste, religion and nationality.
Though cricket is indubitably the most popular sport in India, it is not the nation's national sport (a distinction held by field hockey).
Duleep Trophy - The Duleep Trophy competition was started by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 1961-62 with the aim of providing a greater competitive edge in domestic cricket - because, apart from the knock-out stages of the Ranji Trophy, that competition proved predictable, with Bombay winning for fifteen consecutive years.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cricket_in_India   (1124 words)

  
 Cricket India
Cricket History - Historians have attempted to trace its origin in various ball games played by ancient races and, even if some of these derivations are a little far fetched, we can at least say that 250 years ago the game was being played in a form not so very dissimilar from that of today.
The Duleep Trophy competition was started by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 1961-62 with the aim of providing a greater competitive edge in domestic cricket - because, apart from the knock-out stages of the Ranji Trophy, that competition proved predictable, with Bombay winning for fifteen consecutive years.
Founded as 'The Cricket Championship of India' at a meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in July 1934.
www.indianchild.com /cricket_india.htm   (570 words)

  
 Does India need Twenty20 cricket? : Cricket COLUMNS : CricketZone.Com
Niranjan Shah, secretary of the board, said India was the only nation that did not support the Twenty-20 World Cup’s proposal in a recent meeting of ICC officials, but after a meeting of the high-powered working panel of ICC, India were outvoted 10-1 and hence had no option but to give-in.
Of course Indian skipper Rahul Dravid has lend his support to Twenty20 cricket and swashbuckling batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Kevin Pietersen, Adam Gilchrist, Shahid Khan Afridi would lick their lips but it was Harbhajan Singh who reiterated that the format would be nothing but a massacre for bowlers.
It is a type of single innings cricket in which each team bats for a maximum of only 20 overs and closely resembles a form of the game, which has been popular in English amateur cricket since at least the 1960s.
www.cricketzone.com /news/columns/20060803-0.html   (892 words)

  
 rediff.com: cricket channel - The Paul Condon Report
The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka appointed Desmond Fernando, Presidents Counsel, as their Special Investigator and he worked with my unit in London and India.
An interim board has been appointed and I plan to be in Sri Lanka at the end of April 2001 and members of my unit will assist Desmond Fernando to interview the two Sri Lankan players, Ranatunga and De Silva who were named in the CBI report.
The Pakistan Cricket Board had already taken robust action against a number of players, as a result of the Commission of Inquiry by Mr Justice Qayyum and felt that no residual action arose from the CBI report for them.
www.rediff.com /cricket/2001/may/23paul2.htm   (1260 words)

  
 After match fixing, it's time now for bribery scandal in Indian Cricket-www.cricketfundas.com
20: A burgeoning scandal involving a cricketer trying to bribe his way onto the India A squad bound for Sri Lanka next week erupted around the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday, catching the august body, which is still recovering from the trauma of the match-fixing scandal, completely off-guard.
Indications are that the Board is on the verge of setting up a committee to go deeper into the matter in a bid to uncover earlier such instances.
The two national selectors, who were allegedly offered bribe by a player to buy his place in the India 'A' team, on Thursday night submitted their report to the Board of Control for Cricket in India on the issue.
www.cricketfundas.com /kalescandal.htm   (995 words)

  
 INDOlink - India Sports News - Pak Cricket Team To Tour India In Feb. 05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Islamabad, Sept. 27 (NNN): Pakistan cricket team will be touring India in February 2005 to play three Tests and five one-day internationals to mark the 75th anniversary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it was announced here on Monday.
Cricket ties resumed between the two neighbours in March this year when India broke a five-year deadlock and played five one-dayers and three Tests in Pakistan.
Khan said a one-day international would be staged in India on November 13 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=092704091938   (737 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com > Breaking News > 5-judge Supreme Court bench to hear cricket case Tuesday
In its petition, Zee has contended that it is the rightful owner of the cricket rights as it has deposited $ 20 million with the Indian cricket board as per terms and conditions.
It has also contended that the cricket board's decision to cancel an earlier tender process, which saw Zee emerge as the highest bidder with a quote of $ 308 million, is unjust and the court should overturn that decision.
The respondents in the case include the government of India, ESPN-Star Sports, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and PriceWaterhouse Cooper (PwC), the audit firm that vetted the various bids.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k4/sep/sep279.htm   (327 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com > Breaking News > UK Lords & Commons tour India to sponsor cricket programmes
The purpose of the fund is to provide young Indian cricketers, who could not otherwise afford it, with their own kit and to enable some youngsters to travel to the UK to play cricket.
They elect former Test cricketers to Parliament in India and with Navjot Siddhu promising to open the batting against us, defeating the Indian Parliament may be a bit of a stretch.
Among the highlights of the tour are the matches between the CCI President’s XI, the Indian Parliament Team and the British High Commission with the Lords and Commons Team to be held in Mumbai and Delhi.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k4/dec/dec244.htm   (663 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Cricket | International Teams | India | India board begins Dalmiya probe
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is to launch an inquiry into its former president Jagmohan Dalmiya.
He was the most powerful man in Indian cricket for two decades, and helped the board become the world's richest sporting body.
The BBC has seen a copy of an internal note prepared by the board which states that accountants reported various amounts of money being withdrawn for which there were no proper supporting documents.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/india/4736030.stm   (306 words)

  
 NDTV-Cricket!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided that it does not want to be bound down by the five-year calendar of the International Cricket Council.
According to the ICC calendar, Australia were scheduled to come next to India in 2009.
After a meeting of its top brass in Mumbai on Monday, the Board decided that India will not participate in the Champions Trophy after the 2006 edition and will play a one-day series at home before this year's Champions Trophy.
www.ndtv.com /sports/cricket/showstory.asp?id=26185   (375 words)

  
 cricmania - Cricket News
Chasing a massive 317, India beat England by two wickets in the sixth one-dayer against England at the Oval on Wednesday to level the seven-match series 3-3.
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said Ponting's absence was due to a family issue that had arisen over the we...
The cricketer did not bowl during practice on Saturday, raising a question mark on his ability to play in the fifth India-England one-day international here Sunday.A decision on Flintoff's availability for the match will reportedly be made on Sunday morning....
www.cricmania.com /cricket/DB/news/user/us03   (676 words)

  
 Indian Cricket League ICL
The tussle between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League on Friday reached the Delhi High Court with the breakaway group seeking to restrain the Board from "intimidating" its players and interfering in its affairs.
Rattled by the Indian Cricket League's massive recruitment drive, the BCCI on Tuesday retaliated by sacking Kapil Dev as Chairman of National Cricket Academy for aligning with the multi-million dollar breakaway league and announced hefty pay hikes for domestic cricketers to prevent a fresh exodus.
India allrounder Jai Prakash Yadav has shown interest in being a part of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) and is presently negotiating with ICL officials.
www.indian-cricket-league.com   (4053 words)

  
 No decision on withholding CAB funds: BCCI - India News
Kolkata - The war between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) deepened further Monday when a board member said no decision was taken by its financial panel on withholding funds of the CAB.
In a letter to the CAB, Shah informed that the board decided to debit to the CAB Rs.400 million because its president Jagmohan Dalmiya failed to furnish details of the Account No 1223 with the Bhawanipur branch despite a notice being served to him April 15.
Shah said the board has no option but to 'regretfully endorse the finance committee's decision to withhold all subsidies to the CAB and debit the unexplained amount to the state association.
www.indiaenews.com /sports/20060703/13579.htm   (398 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is very kind of the Board of Control for Cricket in India to clarify in court that it is a non-state body and that the Indian cricket team represents, not India, but the BCCI (?Govt caught behind in court?, Oct 1).
Sadly for India, where cricket is religion and cricketers are gods, politicians and non-sportsmen make money at the cost of the blood, sweat and tears of the Gavaskars, Kapil Devs and Tendulkars.
It is ironic that while cricket has become the public obsession in India, cricket administration continues to remain the private circus of one or two individuals.
www.telegraphindia.com /1041004/asp/opinion/story_3839165.asp   (753 words)

  
 India - Sports - Ducking For Cover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Azharuddin has also threatened to sue the officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, who, if truth be told, had always bent over backward to try and protect him.
It is said that Mohammed Azharuddin has decided to go for front foot attacking strokes in his bid to hit back at his critics and to defend himself against the CBI charges and various other charges, including from the income tax officials.
That is apart from the hefty fines, which the income tax department may decide to hit him with, and for a man of his lifestyle hitting his pocket may be worse than a token jail sentence.
www3.estart.com /india/sports/rrazza.html   (605 words)

  
 Board of Chaos for Cricket in India?- The Economic Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Even as the dispute over telecast rights was being heard in the Supreme Court, Doordarshan was allowed to telecast the cricket with the proviso that the monies raised through the associated advertising and marketing be kept in separate accounts so that the petitioner's rights were not affected.
And that is that the priority of office-bearers of the world's most affluent cricket board is not to serve the game but to perpetuate themselves in power.
When the BCCI knew that one of its major responsibilities was to award the telecast rights for matches played in India for four years beginning October 1, 2004, it could have finalised the process months in advance.
economictimes.indiatimes.com /articleshow/880008.cms   (545 words)

  
 India Domestic Cricket - Cricket News & Photos ~ Latest Cricket News Headings, Scores Updated Daily. Live News ~ ...
The Ranji Trophy is the domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between state and city sides, equivalent to county cricket in England and the Pura Cup in Australia, and also denotes the trophy that is awarded to the winner.
From 1998-99 the tournament was known as the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, named after former Board of Control for Cricket in India president NKP Salve - the man who brought the World Cup to the sub-continent in 1987.
The current one-day cricket competition in Indian domestic cricket is the Deodhar Trophy.
cricket.deepthi.com /india-domestic-cricket.html   (889 words)

  
 domain-B : Indian business : people : Jagmohan Dalmiya, president, Board of Control for Cricket in India
If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the richest cricketing body in the world, Dalmiya deserves his fair share of credit.
As a cricketer, he opened the batting and kept wicket for one of Kolkata's leading clubs and also represented his university.
Globalisation of cricket entered a new phase with Dalmiya being elected chairman of the ICC in 1997.
www.domain-b.com /people/profiles/20040924_jagmohan_dalmiya.html   (844 words)

  
 CNN.com - India-Pakistan cricket to resume - Oct. 22, 2003
Pakistan's cricket board said that India should prepare for a visit in February.
He told India's Zee News television, "Until people from both sides meet and develop trust, these things cannot be resolved and cricket can be a major vehicle for all this.
In a sign that the atmosphere was easing, however, Indian and Pakistani junior cricketers played in Sri Lanka last month, and India's under-19 team was heading to Pakistan on Oct. 29 for a four-nation tournament.
cnn.com /2003/SPORT/10/22/india.cricket.ap/index.html   (392 words)

  
 Board Statement
The Board of control of cricket in India announced the much-awaited verdict on five players who were directly or indirectly involved in match-fixing after a meeting in Chennai on Tuesday.
The Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) had referred the matter to its Commissioner, Mr.
Ajay Jadeja be debarred from playing any cricket matches conducted or authorised by ICC/BCCI or any of its affiliated associations and also debarred from holding any position in ICC/BCCI or any of its affiliated associations, for a period of 5 (five) years commencing from 5th Deecember 2000.
yehhaicricket.com /news/fulltext_boardstatement.html   (958 words)

  
 BCCI felicitates Indian captains - India News
Captains of the Indian cricket teams - both past and present - were felicitated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at a function here Saturday night.
And it was cricketing reasons that kept away Ganguly from the award ceremony.
India's famous spin quartet - E.A.S. Prasanna, Bishen Singh Bedi, B.S. Chandrasekhar and S. Venkatraghavan - Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Chandu Borde and B.B. Nimbalkar were the recipients of the C.K. Nayudu awards.
www.indiaenews.com /sports/20061104/27539.htm   (425 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), at an emergency meeting here today, decided to give the Indian cricketers time till Monday afternoon (September 9) to sign the contract for their participation in the ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament to be held in Colombo (Sri Lanka) from September 12.
The resolution said “continuing support to the Indian cricketers, the working committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India will propose to the cricketers to sign the 30-day bar clause for the ICC Champions Trophy 2002 and if they suffer any loss, the BCCI will compensate them entirely”.
He said the board was also prepared to fight the legal battle on behalf of the players if any sponsor of a player goes to court for agreeing to the BCCI terms and conditions.
www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020908/main1.htm   (673 words)

  
 Sports
One of the finest exponents of leg-break-and-googly bowling, Gupte got so disappointed and dejected at the Board’s illogical action that he chose to migrate to the West Indies.
In the meeting, the Board secretary A.N.Ghosh reprimanded Gupte for his failure to prevent his colleague from phoning a receptionist.
The Board directed the selectors that Gupte should not be chosen for the West Indies tour on disciplinary grounds.
www.dayafterindia.com /july1/sports.html   (611 words)

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