Board of Control for Cricket in India Current Affairs, GK & News
IPL 2020 tournament to be held in UAE
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed that the IPL 2020 Tournament is going to be held in UAE from September 19 and it will end on November 10, 2020. Among the main changes introduced due to the COVID 19 Pandemic this year, it has been decided that COVID 19 substitutes ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: BCCI • Board of Control for Cricket in India • Indian Premier League • IPL • IPL Governing Council • UAE
Sourav Ganguly set to be new BCCI president
Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly is all set to become the new president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) with elections unlikely to be held at BCCI’s Annual General Meeting on October 23. He defeated Brijesh Patel in a see-saw battle and is expected to be the only presidential nominee. The 47-year-old ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: BCCI president • Board of Control for Cricket in India • Brijesh Patel • Committee of Administrators • Sourav Ganguly
Paytm bags title sponsorship rights for Indian cricket team for 5 years
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has extended title sponsor rights to Paytm for the Indian cricket team’s international and domestic matches with a winning bid of Rs 3.80 crore per match for the 4-year cycle commencing October, 2019. Over the next 4 years, India is set to host at least 86 ..
Topics: BCCI • Board of Control for Cricket in India • Cricket in India • Economy of India • India national cricket team • Indian Cricket League • Indian culture • Paytm • Rahul Johri • Sport in India
BCCI awards title sponsorship rights to Paytm for 5 more years
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has extended Paytm’s association as title sponsor for Indian cricket team for all cricket matches, domestic and international, played in India for 5 more years. Paytm bagged the title sponsorship rights by signing the deal for Rs.326.80 crores which it will pay to BCCI over a period ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: Board of Control for Cricket in India • Cricket • One 97 Communications Pvt. Ltd • Paytm • Sponsor • sponsorship rights
BCCI agrees to come under NADA
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) agreed to come under the ambit of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). In this regard, BCCI has given in writing that it will adhere to anti-doping policy of NADA. Till now, Sweden-based International Dope Testing Management (IDTM) was collecting cricketers’ samples on behalf of BCCI and submitting ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: Board of Control for Cricket in India • Indian Premier League • International Dope Testing Management • National Anti-Doping Agency • Societies Registration Act of 1890 • WADA Code • World Anti-Doping Agency