Richest Cricket Team: Cricket has a good part in contributing to the economies of various countries. The International Cricket Council is the main board of cricket and the cricket-playing nations come under it. These are the top 5 countries with the richest boards as updated on 27/05/21:
1) India-BCCI (3730Cr)
This is not a surprise for the cricket fans as everyone is aware how much of an important role BCCI plays and it’s the richest board amongst all. BCCI’s net worth is $295M and a lot of its credit goes to IPL.
Late Jagmohan Dalmiya, who played a crucial role in commercializing the BCCI is the man behind making it a financial powerhouse.
2) Australia- CA (2843Cr)
CA stands second to the world’s richest cricket board and is in the process of making their own T20 League a big success. Australia is a great team and holds good respect by their people. CA is very active for both and women of their country and pays them equally.
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3) England- ECB (2135Cr)
Cricket is their national game and is backed by a good fan following in all three formats of the game. This being their original sport holds a lot of importance to the country and has amazing sponsorship and broadcasting rights by their side.Â
4) Pakistan- PCB (811Cr)
Pakistan has been inconsistently playing cricket on their home soil and usually doesn’t see much action at their home but that doesn’t affect their connections with the sponsors. They are very well backed by their home crowd.
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5) Bangladesh- BCB (802Cr)
Hosting rights of the 2011 World cup it resulted in a major boost to their revenue. This is the third Asian board on the list and the people of the country love cricket. Bangladesh has seen good growth over the years.
