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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the 34th president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
A
Shashank Manohar
B
Anurag Thakur
C
Sunil Gavaskar
D
N Srinivasan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Roger Binny is currently the BCCI president after he took over the post from former India cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly . Ganguly was the BCCI Chairman from 2019 to 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -Former cricketer Roger Binny has been elected as the 36th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India at the Annual General Meeting of India’s top cricket body.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is the governing body of Indian cricket. The BCCI headquarters is at ‘Wankhede Stadium’ in Mumbai. The first president of BCCI was ‘Grant Govan’, while the secretary was ‘Anthony De Mello’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roger Binny is the incumbent BCCI president and Jay Shah is secretary. It joined the Imperial Cricket Conference in the year 1926. The BCCI is an autonomous, private organisation and does not fall under the purview of the National Sports Federation of India. The government of India has minimal regulation on BCCI.

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