The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) runs/governs the cricket in India. It is considered as the richest cricket board in the world. BCCI is headed by the President, who is elected at the BCCI's Annual General Meeting with each of the 30 affiliates of the BCCI getting a vote. The outgoing president also has a vote as chairman of the meeting. The post is rotated zone-wise across India and a person can hold the post of BCCI president for a maximum of three years. Jagmohan Dalmiya was the only person who has taken over the president's post three times.
The very first President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was Mr. R E Grant Govan. Recently Former India captain Mr. Sourav Ganguly has been elected as the next President of BCCI. Sourav Ganguly will hold the post for the 10 months.
Complete List Of All BCCI President's
1. R E Grant Govan: 1928 - 1933
2. Sikandar Hayat Khan: 1933 - 1935
3. Nawab Hamidullah Khan: 1935 - 1937
4. Maharaja K S Digvijay Singh: 1937 - 1938
5. P Subbarayan: 1938 - 1946
6.Anthony S D'Mello: 1946 - 1951
6.Anthony S D'Mello: 1946 - 1951
7.J C Mukherji: 1951 - 1954
8. Maharaj kumar of Vizianagram: 1954 - 1956
9. Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia: 1956 - 1958
10. R K Patel: 1958 - 1960
11. M A Chidambaram: 1960 - 1963
12. Maharaja Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad: 1963 - 1966
13. Z R Irani: 1966 - 1969
14. N Ghose: 1969 - 1972
15. P M Rungta: 1972 - 1975
16. Ramprakash Mehra: 1975 - 1977
17. M Chinnaswamy: 1977 - 1980
18. S K Wankhede: 1980 - 1982
19. NKP Salve: 1982 - 1985
20. S Sriraman: 1985 - 1988
21. B N Dutt: 1988 - 1990
22. Madhavrao Scindia: 1990 - 1993
23. IS Bindra: 1993 - 1996
24. Raj Singh Dungarpur: 1996 - 1999
25.A C Muthiah: 1999 - 2001
26. Jagmohan Dalmiya: 2001 - 2004
27. Ranbir Singh Mahendra: 2004 - 2005
28. Sharad Pawar: 2005 - 2008
29. Shashank Manohar: 2008 - 2011
30.N Srinivasan: 2011 - 2013
30.N Srinivasan: 2011 - 2013
31.Jagmohan Dalmiya: 2013 - 2013
32.N Srinivasan: 2013 - 2014
33.Shivlal Yadav: 2014 - 2014
33.Shivlal Yadav: 2014 - 2014
34.Sunil Gavaskar: 2014 - 2014
35.Jagmohan Dalmiya: 2015 - 2015
36.hashank Manohar: 2015 - 2016
37.Anurag Thakur: 2016 - 2017
38.C K Khanna: 2017 - Incumbent
39. Sourav Ganguly: 23 October, 2019 - Till date
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