The organisation that bears all the responsibilities regarding cricket events in India and also governs all the cricket related activities in the country is the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The BCCI was established under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act during 1928-29 and as it is a society, it is allowed to use the government-owned stadiums across the country at a nominal annual rent. The BCCI is the official representative for India in the International Cricket Council (ICC) and it is also authorized for selecting the Indian national cricket team for participating in the international cricket tournaments. The BCCI also enjoy the authority to select the umpires, officials or the other related people while conducting any international cricket in India. In fact, without the consent of the BCCI, no matches involving India can be scheduled either at home or abroad.

According to the constitution of BCCI, annual elections are held at its Annual General Meeting (AGM). The elections are held for all posts. For electing the officials of BCCI, the state-level clubs first select their representatives (secretaries), who in turn select the BCCI officials. Further, the BCCI President cannot be re-elected if he has already served two consecutive terms at the helm, "provided that the General Body may in its discretion re-elect the same person as president for the third consecutive year". The office-bearers for the present term i.e. 2004-05 were elected at the AGM of BCCI that took place in Kolkata on 29th November, 2005. Sharad Pawar is the current President of BCCI and Niranjan Shah is bearing the responsibilities of the General Secretary of BCCI.

The BCCI is actually the amalgamation of various state cricket boards from all over the country like Mumbai Cricket Association, Gujarat Cricket Association etc. It is also allowed for a state to have more than one member in BCCI. The states of Maharashtra and Gujarat can be taken as an example here, as they are having three members each in BCCI, at the moment. About getting new membership, the constitution of BCCI states that one needs to be introduced by a current member and also pay an annual fee. Apart from the state cricket bodies, the organisations like Railways and Services are also the members of BCCI.

The BCCI is being considered as the richest cricket board in the world at the moment and it is having the leading corporate houses like Sahara and Nike. The other corporate houses like Pepsi; Coca Cola etc have also been the sponsors for BCCI from time to time. The BCCI has the credit of organising the biggest cricket tournament, World Cup twice in the years of 1987 and 1996, successfully. The BCCI is currently preparing itself for organising the World Cup, 2011, along with the cricket boards of the neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Sri Lanka and this will be the third time for BCCI to organise the World Cup.

The list of the Presidents and Secretaries of BCCI so far is given below: BCCI Presidents

R.E. Grant Govan 1928-29 to 1932-33	P.M. Rungta 1972-73 to 1974-75
Sikandar Hyat Khan 1933-34 to 1934-35	R.P. Mehra 1975-76 to 1976-77
Mohammad Hamidulla Khan 1935-36 to 1936-37	M. Chinnaswamy 1976-77 to 1979-80
Jamsaheb Digvijaysinhji of Nawanagar 1937-38	S.K. Wankhede 1980-81 to 1981-82
Dr. P. Subbarayan 1937-38 to 1945-46	N.K.P. Salve 1982-83 to 1984-85
Anthony S. D`Mello 1946-47 to 1950-51	S. Sriraman 1985-86 to 1987-88
J.C. Mukherji 1951-52 to 1953-54	B.N. Dutt 1988-89 to 1989-90
Dr. Maharajkumar Sir Vijaya Ananda of Vizianagaram 1954-55 to 1955-56	Madhavrao Scindia 1990-91 to 1992-93
Sardar Surjitsingh Majithia 1956-57 to 1957-58	I.S. Bindra 1993-94 to 1995-96
R.K. Patel 1958-59 to 1959-60	R.S. Dungarpur 1996-97 to1998-99
M.A. Chidambaram 1960-61 to 1962-63	AC Muttiah 1999-2001
Fatehsinhrao P. Gaekwad of Baroda 1963-64 to 1965-66	Jagmohan Dalmiya 2001 to 2004
Z.R. Irani 1966-67 to 1968-69	Sharad Pawar 2004- Present
A.N. Ghose 1969-70 to 1971-72

BCCI Honorary Secretaries

Anthony S. D`Mello 1928-29 to 1937-38	A.W. Kanmadikar 1980-81 to 1984-85
K.S. Ranga Rao 1938-39 to 1945-46	Ranbir Singh Mahendra 1985-86 to 1989-90
Pankaj Gupta 1946-47 to 1947-48	Jagmohan Dalmiya 1990-91
M.G. Bhave 1948-49 to 1950-51	C. Nagaraj 1991-92 to 1992-93
A.N. Ghose 1951-52 to 1959-60	Jagmohan Dalmiya 1993-94 to 1996-97 had resigned from the post after he took over as the President of ICC w.e.f. 15-7-97
M. Chinnaswamy 1960-61 to 1964-65	Jaywant Y Lele 1997-98 -2000
S. Sriraman 1965-66 to 1969-70	Niranjan Shah
Prof. M.V. Chandgadkar 1970-71 to 1974-75	S K Nair 2003 - 2004
Ghulam Ahmed 1975-76 to 1979-80	Niranjan Shah 2004-2005 to date