India recorded their first Test victory in 1952, against England in Madras.ġ983: The upset World Cup victory over West Indies pitch-forked India into the forefront of world cricket, enabling the BCCI to emerge from the shadows of England and Australia.ġ987: The euphoria following the 1983 World Cup triumph saw cricket take over from hockey as the country’s No 1 sport. India became the sixth team to be accorded Test status by the international body.ġ940s to 60s: The BCCI, before and after Independence was controlled and governed mostly by figures from the princely states.ġ952: Post partition, the Bombay quadrangular tournament lost relevance and Ranji Trophy rose as the national championship. Here, we take a look at the BCCI since inception, its main figures and major landmarks in its 88-year existence.ġ928: The BCCI is formed as a society following a meeting at the Roshanara Club in Delhi.ġ932: India take a significant step into international cricket, playing their first Test, against England in Mumbai’s Gymkhana Club.

The storm winds whipped up by the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal now threatens to blow away the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) entrenched administrative structure in the wake of the Supreme Court-appointed Justice RM Lodha panel’s directives for root-and-branch reforms.

Cricket through the ages