The name of the Association is "INDIAN TWENTY20 CRICKET FEDERATION" and it shall here after be referred la as the ITCF.

The objects of the ITCF-INDIA are:

a

To control the game of TWENTY20 Cricket in India and give its decision on all matters which may be referred to it by any State, Regional or other Association;

b

To encourage the formation of State, Regional or other Cricket Associations and the organization of Inter-State/zonal and other tournaments:

c

To arrange, control, regulate and it necessary finance visits of Teams that are Members of the International Twenty20 Cricket Federation and teams of other Countries in India;

d

To arrange, control, regulate and finance visits of an Indian Cricket Team to tour countries that are Members of the International Twenty20 Cricket federation or elsewhere in conjunction with the bodies governing Cricket in the countries to be visited;

e

To promote the game throughout India by organizing Coaching Schemes & conduct Twenty 20 National/Zonal Championships/Tournaments, Exhibition and by any other manner;

f

To foster the spirit of sportsmanship and the ideals of cricket amongst Govt. Schools, College and University Students and others ie small towns, villages, streets cricket players from poor background & areas from all over country  and educate them in the same;

g

To frame the Laws of Cricket in India and to make alteration, amendment or addition to the Laws of Cricket in India whenever desirable or necessary;

h

To appoint Trustees in whom shall vest immovable properties and funds of the Board as may be entrusted to them from time to lime;

i

To sell, manage, mortgage, lease, exchange, dispose of or otherwise deal with all or any properly of the ITCF;

j

To collect funds and wherever necessary borrow with or without security and to purchase, redeem or pay off any such securities;

k

To carry on any other activity which may seem to the ITCF capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with the above, or calculated directly or indirectly to enhance the value of, or render profitable any of the properties or rights of the ITCF;

l

To donate such sum or sums for (I) such causes as would be deemed fit by the ITCF conducive to the promotion of the game of T20 Cricket; (II) the benefit of a Cricketer or his widow or children as the ITCF may deem fit; (III) any other person who has served cricket or his widow or his children as the ITCF may consider fit;

m

To organize matches in aid of Public Charities and Relief Funds;

n

To lay out any ground for playing the game and for other purposes and to provide Pavilion, Canteen and other conveniences and amenities in connection therewith;

o

To impart physical education through the medium of Cricket and take all steps to assist the citizens to develop their physique;

p

(I)

To acquire movable and immovable property and to apply both the capital   and income thereof and the proceeds of the sale or mortgage thereof, for or towards, all or any of the objects of the ITCF;

(II)

To appoint Committees, from time to time to organize matches for the achievement of the objects of the ITCF and to utilize the net proceeds thereof towards the implementation of the objects set out herein;

q

To introduce a Scheme of professionalism and to implement the same;

r

To take such action as may be necessary to coordinate the activities of affiliated Associations, Institutions and their Members in relation to the Board and amongst themselves;

s

 To select teams to represent India in test matches, official or unofficial played in India or abroad, and to select such other teams as the ITCF may decide from lime to time;

t

To start or sponsor and/or to subscribe to funds or stage a match for the benefit of the cricketers or persons who may have rendered service to the game of Twenty20 cricket or for their families or to donate towards the development or promotion of the game;

u

To appoint Manager and/or other official of Indian Teams;

v

To appoint India's representative or representatives on the International Twenty20 Cricket Conference and other Conferences, Seminars, connected with the game of Twenty20 cricket;

w

To employ, appoint executive secretaries and assistant secretaries, clerks, managers, coaches, professional cricketers, umpires, scorers, statisticians, grounds men, peons, servants and other service personnel and staff and to pay to them and other persons in return for their services rendered to the ITCF, salaries, wages, gratuities, pensions, honorariums, compensations, any ex-gratia payments and/ or provident fund and to remove or dismiss such employees;

x

To start and maintain a library of books, museum, periodicals on Sports in general and Twenty20 Cricket in particular and to start journals or journals on Twenty20 cricket;

y

Generally to do all such other acts and things as may seem to the ITCF to be convenient and/or conducive to the carrying out the objects of the ITCF.

3

The income, funds and properties of the ITCF however acquired, shall be utilized and applied solely for the promotion of the objects of the ITCF as set forth above to aid and assist financially or otherwise and to promote, encourage, advance and develop and generally to assist the game of Twenty20 Cricket throughout India.

The ITCF shall not be dissolved unless the dissolution is decided upon by a resolution passed at a General Meeting of the ITCF convened for the purpose by a majority of 3/51h of the Members present and entitled lo vote. The quorum for such meeting shall be 2/3rd of the members who have a right to vote. In the case of dissolution of the ITCF if there shall remain after satisfaction of all debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, H shall be given or transferred to some other Institution or Institutions having objects similar to those of the ITCF and not running for profit.

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HISTORY OF INDIAN CRICKET

In 1911, an all-India cricket team visited England for the first time, sponsored and captained by the Maharaja of Patiala, and featuring the best cricketers of the time. It was in 1926 that two representatives of the Calcutta Cricket Club traveled to London to attend a couple of meetings of the Imperial Cricket Conference, predecessor to the current International Cricket Council. Although technically not an official representative of Indian cricket, it was allowed to attend by Lord Harris, chairman of the conference. An outcome of the meeting was the MCC's decision to send a team to India, led by Arthur Gilligan, who had captained England in The Ashes. The Hindus, as well as the all-India team, performed impressively during this tour.

In a meeting with the Maharaja of Patiala and others, Gilligan praised Indian cricket and promised to press for its inclusion in the ICC if all the promoters of the game in the land came together to establish a single controlling body. An assurance was given and a meeting held in Delhi on November 21, 1927, attended by delegates from Sind, Punjab, Patiala, Delhi, United Provinces, Rajputana, Alwar, Bhopal, Gwalior, Baroda, Kathiawar and Central India. A consensus was reached to create a board for control of cricket in India. Another meeting, on December 10, 1927, brought a unanimous decision to form a "provisional" board of control to represent cricket in India.

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Membership

The ITCF has 32 affiliated State/CityTwenty20 Cricket Association Members Across Five Zones ie

(viz. North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone and Central Zone) in India.

Some states have more than one association ie Maharashtra state, for instance, has Maharashtra State Twenty20 Cricket Association, MumbaiTwenty20 Cricket Association & Vidarbha Twenty20 Cricket Association and Gujarat State has Gujarat State Twenty20 Cricket Association, Baroda Twenty20 Cricket Association & Saurashtra Twenty20 Cricket Association. & In Punjab State has Punjab State Twenty20 Cricket Association, Pepsu Twenty Cricket Association & In West Bengal State has West Bengal State Twenty20 Cricket Association, Kolkata Twenty20 Cricket Association & In Karnataka State has Karnataka State Twenty20 Cricket Association , Bangalore Twenty20 Cricket Association & In Tamil Nadu State has Tamil Nadu State Twenty20 Cricket Association, Chennai Twenty20 Cricket Association & in U.P State has Utter Pradesh State Twenty20 Cricket Association, Purvanchal Twenty20 Cricket Association, & In A.P State has Andhra  Pradesh State Twenty20 Cricket Association, Hyderabad Twenty20 Cricket Association.

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