Overview

• The BCCI’s polls are scheduled for the last week of September alongside the Annual General Meeting.
• The ministry targets full implementation of the National Sports Governance Act within six months, with detailed rules to be notified earlier.
• Once the rules are issued, all national federations, including the BCCI, must conduct elections under the Act’s norms.
• The Lodha framework caps office-bearers at 70, whereas the new law permits candidates aged 70–75 where international statutes allow, and the ICC has no age cap.
• BCCI president Roger Binny has completed his tenure at 70 with no interim announced, while the ministry is taking a wait-and-watch stance on the BFI polls ahead of a Delhi High Court hearing on September 23.