Cricket has been a Revolution in India it works as a religion, in a Cricket Friendly nation like India, Cricket fans are so crazy, they wanted to live every moment of every game, Even the Cricket Players after getting Retirement from their International Scene wanting to continue playing for their Passion, Fitness, Brotherhood and top of all their Passion for the game
Board for Veteran Cricket in India ( BVCI) coming up with IVPL, Indian Veteran Premier League, for 40 plus age of Cricketers, recently announced through a big press conference with Universal boss of Cricket Chris Gayle, alongwith International Cricketer Praveen Kumar, Madan Lal, Big Boss show contestant Shefali Bagga anchored the Show, it was a star studded press con, where all 6 Franchisee Owners were also part of the event, along with All board members of veteran cricket in India.
Chris Gayle was pretty happy to join the conference, he specified, that,” this is indeed a good initiative, after taking retirement, he is feeling good to be part of playing & hitting sixes for the veteran Cricket ,he would love to be part of this initiative, since this is also a chance to be in top of cricket.”
Madan lal International Cricketer also specified, that, IVPL will be an amazing format for Veteran, they will live the kind of Cricket, they missed during their peak, they can relive the format of 20:20 even if they are 40 plus of age, most of them are pretty fit and still play the game with full passion and dedication.
On the occasion, Active president of the board, Praveen Tyagi, who has been instrumental for getting the BVCI to a level, he has been associated with the board for a longer time, he has organised many national level tournaments for Veteran Cricket in India successfully, he also specified detailed plan of IVPL he specified that, “IVPL will be a 6 Franchisee lead league, which will be held at Dehradun in November of this month,
He also specified many ex International & Indian players will be part of this IVPL, Each Franchisee will have one International Cricketer as the Captain of the team, there will be 2 More Indian Ex players, rest team will be having Registered Players of BVCI ( Board for Veteran Cricket in India) he also specified that, BVCI also having many Ranji Trophy , Ex Indian players as their registered players, they have my national players across all states of India virtually.
For the first time Veteran Players will be paid up for playing this league, before that, veteran players were playing paying monies from their own pocket, They will also get good exposure for playing with many Senior Indian and International players this will be like dream to come for them” he is very excited for the IVPL in Dehradun later this year.
Other BVCI Officials who were also present during the Press conference alongwith –acting President- Praveen Tyagi, were Sudhir Kulkarni- who is also ex Indian player, secretary of BVCI, he was coach of Chandrakant Pandit and NayanMongia, he has been associated with the Veteran board from the beginning, he also inaugurated his biography written by him, by Chris Gaylein the Press Conference.
J K Mahindra, – Vice President ,Ex Ranji trophy player of Keralafor 15 years, first India Junior player of India from he is vice president of BVCI, most senior official of BVCI , he has organised many International tours for Veteran Cricket, in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, he has been Collector of Cricket memorabilia , he also having a museum at his home.
Chandrasenan Nair- Joint Secretary Another senior member of BVCI Ex South Player, another oldest member of the Veteran Board in India
Mayank Khandwala- Treasurer, another seasoned Ex Cricketer and Professional, who has managed many successful Cricket league, also managed Mumbai Premier League
Aalok Saxena- Executive -member, Ex National Cricketer & National level Cricket Commentator also a Senior Media Professional.
Rajeev Tyagi- Executive Member– Ex Ranji trophy player of UP , good attacking batsman of his time, also President of Uttarakhand Veteran Cricket Association,
Vishwajeet Singh- Ex Ranji trophy player from UP, a Policemen by professional were amongst the members from the Veteran Cricket Board in India
Apart from the Board Official all 6 Franchisee owners of Teams were also present.
6 Franchisee teams for IVPL are VVIP Ghaziabad, their Owner Vibhor Tyagi, Vaibhav Tyagi- young Dynamic Businessmen were also present alongwith other Owners
Rajasthan Legends – Rohit Bawri, another dynamic businessman from Rajasthan
Red Carpet -Delhi- owned by Manjul Arora & Tyagi
Mumbai Lions owner- Mayank khandwala
Chhattisgarh -warriors owner Sadhan Ghosh -businessman from Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
Telangana- Tigers owner- Govinda Raju Business man from South India, who is also a Passionate ex Cricketer very passionate for the game has been very excited for IVPL
Now let us understand the beginning of Veteran Cricket in India by understanding their journey so far, how they have guided Veteran Cricket in India.
In the year 1988, Chetan Chauhan India’s flamboyant international Cricketer successful opener Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan, had the dream and vision to laid the Foundation of BVCI, Board of Veterans Cricket in India,
Chetan Chauhan , who born on 21st July 1947, with representing Indian Cricket team playing 40 Test Matches, also played Ranji trophy for Maharashtra, he has been the most courageous opening with great Sunil Gavaskar sahib, he played most of his cricket in 70’s , he tried his hands with politics too, he was elected twice to the Lok Sabha from amroha Uttar Pradesh during 1991 to 1998, he was also the minister for youth and Sports in the State of Uttar Pradesh,
he was the First President of Veterans Cricket board of India, which is dedicated to run 40 years plus cricketers to play, days matches, 50 overs and now 20:20 format matches as well, entire nation was divided in to 5 zones are North, West, East, South and Central Zones, these 5 Zones are working hard from the year 1988, towards building the strong network of Veteran Cricketers in India, which includes, Former Ranji ,Irani, Dilip trophy even State level District levels even current players 40 plus age can participate in Veteran Cricket Championships,
when the entire world was fightingwar against Pandemic, that’s when on 12th July-2020, Our beloved Chetan Chauhan was also admitted the hospital, for being testing positive for COVID-19, he died on 16th August 2020, at the age of 73 years.
This void which was created by his death, for the veterans cricket is being filled by another Superstar Personality, our very dynamic Hon’ble Central Govt Minister, Shri, Nitin Gadhkarijee, was kind enough to agree to become the National president of Board for Veteran Cricket in India,
his vision and impact gave a magnificent effect to entire Veterans Cricket, as currently, Veterans cricket is completed 24 years in India After Shri. Nitin Gadkarijee, taken over a President of BVCI, we have seen a new height on Reorganising the working of BVCI in a new Avatar, also announced , in a Press conference ,he further announced , that to mark the Silver jubilee occasion of Veterans ,in the year-2023-2024, BVCI will be hosting the World Cup for Veterans with 8 teams participating teams during 2024, Participating teams will be Australia, West indies, Sri lanka, South Africa, UAE ,Canada England, India, isn’t it a great news for Veterans Cricket BVCI also very Successfully, organised National Cricket Championship, which was known as Chetan Chauhan Memorial Cricket Championship in Goa on 18th to 20th November -2022, With proud participation and in Association with Road Safety India, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.
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All the Players and Teams wore the logos of Road safety India towards giving a message of be safe on Road, like we wear Helmet while batting, so wear helmet while you on the Road, we must thank Road Safety India, for supporting Veteran National Cricket Championship-2022.
However the Entire Organising of the National Championship was done under the Proud Guidance of Shri. Vinod Phadkejee, who has been a Great Cricketers also the Secretary of Goa Cricket Association & Vice President of BVCI, under the Supervision of Board’s Acting President Sh.praveen Tyagi jee, on behalf of National President of BVCI- Sh. Nitin Gadkari jee.
National Championship was Broadcasted by FANCODE live, it was a Very Professionally Managed ,well Organised Event in GOA, where Final played between, UP & Haryana, Finally ,Team UP emerged as Champion- National Winner, Players and Teams from All Over India Participated in National Championship.
Final Prize Distribution was done by Hon’ble Chief Minister of GOA – Dr.Pramod Savantalong with Acting President -Sh. Praveen Tyagi & Vinod Phadkejee alongwith other Board Members.
Board’s Vice President- Sh. Praveen Tyagi- CMD of VVIP Group, an Avid Sports Lover, he has been Associated with BVCI for more then 15 years, he worked very hard for making BVCI one of the Strongest Cricket Body along with its First President Sh.Chetan Chauhan Sahib, , infact now Sh.Praveen Tyagi jeelooking after all the Proceedings of the Board, on behalf of Sh.Gadkari jee.
With his Vision and Love of the Game he has Successfully Organised All India Double Wicket Cricket Championship in Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium- Ghaziabad for the First time in India, which was a Very Successful Event, 200 Pairs have participated in this Grand Gala Event, Teams from All over India Participated in this Great Double wicket Cricket extravaganza, for the First time,
This was also another very Successful Event broadcasted on You-tube Channel -VVIP news,
GOA Pair Won the Finals.
International Cricketer Madan Lal, Big Boss Fame Anchor -Shefali Bagga, International Cricketer Praveen Kumar also attended this Grand Gala Event.
Senior JDU Leader- Shri .K.C Tyagi was also there for Motivating Players to make this Entire Event a Grand Success, DM & Commissioner of Ghaziabad alongwith other Dignitaries were present to Add more Stars to the Event.
In the month of March- BVCI was also Associated with Legends Khiladi X League, which was also Organised in Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium- Ghaziabad, which was a 6 Franchisee lead League, Broadcasted Live on DD Sports & couple of other Digital Broadcaster,
it was another Successful Event, under the leadership of Shri. Praveen Tyagi- This Khiladi X Legends League was One of its kind Event held in Ghaziabad in the Month of March -23, which was attended by Number of Indian Players like, Multan ka Sultan- Virender Sehwag,Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, Irfa Pathan, yusuf Pathan, s Sreesanth& Many International Players from Various Countries participated were, Tino best- South Africa, Farvezmaharroof, SanathJayasurya, Dilshan Tilak Ratne , Dilshan Munaveera, Dilhara Fernando- Sri Lanka
Monti Panesar, Nick Kompton- UK etc, Phil Mustard- Australia and many other Ranji Trophy players, as well National Level Players from BVCI to name a few were, Parvinder Singh, Vishwajit Solanki, K S Rana, Rajeev Tyagi, Parminder Singh, Kapil Rana, Jeetinder Singh etc.
Now Veteran Cricket (BVCI) is geared up for one more larger then life, Event in September- October this year, which is IVPL- Indian Veteran Premier League, which is being spearheaded by Shri Praveen Tyagi. IVPL will be Organised in Dehradun later this year, this will be a 6 Frenchisee lead League on the Lines of IPL.
Many Indian as well as International Players will be seen in Action during IVPL in Dehradun,
So we need more, isn’t BVCI is on a New High in India, we wish the Entire Team of BVCI and their Officials as well all office bearers & Players a Big Congratulations and wish them luck for their Upcoming IVPL League in September-2023.
All the Best BVCI, you guys simply Rock, and determined to take the Veteran Cricket on a New High in India.
The Current Governing Council Board for Veteran Cricket in India
| BOARD FOR VETERAN CRICKET IN INDIA GOVERNING COUNCIL | |
| NAME | DESIGNATION |
| Hon’ble Shri.Nitin Gadkari- | President |
| ( Hon’ble Union Ministerfor Road Transport Highway & Shipping Govt of India ) | |
| Sh.PramodSwant ( Chief Minister -GOA ) | Chief Patron |
| Sh. Pushkar Singh Dhami -( Chief Minister – Uttarakhand | Chief Patron |
| Praveen Tyagi | Vice President- Central & North Zone |
| J.K. Mahindra | Vice President |
| Ashok Joshi | Vice President |
| Vinod Phadke | Vice President |
| Dr.B.R.Soni | Secretary |
| Sudhir Kulkarni | Joint Secretary |
| D.Chandra .S Nair | Joint Secretary |
| ArunTaploo | Cricket Chair |
| Mayank Khandwala | Treasurer |
| Alok Saxena | Executive Member |
| Rajeev Tyagi | Executive Member |
| Vishwajeet Singh | Executive Member |