INTRODUCTION TO THE CASE-

BCCI, which is a body for looking after the development and organizational activities of
cricket in India is a popular central body and richest in the world. The body has hosted several
world cup events including the one which happened this year i.e. 2023 and the upcoming
world cups in the years 2025, 2026, and 2031 which include both the women’s cricket world
cup and the T20 World Cup.
The body also manages several different teams representing the Indian teams in both national
and international cricket. It governs various duties and it schedules the matches that need to
be played by different teams and helps in organizing them through several sanctions. Over
these many years, BCCI has played a major role in the growth of cricket in India, by
involving itself in organizing the IPL(Indian Premier League) which is considered the most
popular cricket league in the globe.

PROBLEM STATEMENT-
One such problem that can be considered could be how the board’s management would face
several challenges while selecting the players and their teams for national and international
games and take into consideration several factors such as the coaching, team performance,
and strategy adopted and giving them proper infrastructural facilities through balancing
proper finances and commitments towards the player’s development, and also maximize the
revenue and growth aspects for cricket in India.

SWOT ANALYSIS-
STRENGTHS- WEAKNESS-
 Sound financial resources  BCCI has faced conflicts in its
 Vast pool of cricketers administration.
 Revenue opportunities as cricket  The structure of the board is
is the most passionately loved complex
game by Indians.  A challenge could be managing
 Successful operation of several the schedules of each team and
Tournaments organizing them.

OPPORTUNITIES- THREATS-
 Since Cricket is a sport growing  Competition from other cricket
worldwide, there are many leagues.
opportunities for global expansion  Government issues
and technological advancements.  Political and economic factors.
ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODEL-

 The application model is divided into three main categories which exist in the entity-
relationship model, which are the Match teams representing an entity in the model, the
players which show the relationship between several attributes, and the Matches
played showing the composite attribute, one attribute dependent on the other.
 The entity, which is the Match teams has several attributes associated with it such as
the games played by teams, the team names, the city in which teams play, the team
IDs, and the main stadium of play. Here the Key attributes are Team IDs and Team
names as they show the main characteristics of the entity and are unique to different
teams, so it is represented by an ellipse with the text underlined.
 Players have several attributes associated with it such as the date of birth, shirt
number of each player, teams of players, the player IDs, player names, and the
countries in which the players have played. The text underlined ellipses show the key
attributes.
 Matches played represent the Composite attributes as here each attribute is dependent
on another attribute. Here the teams have 3 referees of which one is the Main Referee
and the other two are the assistant referee, all these three attributes are again
dependent on other attributes like the Date of birth, Unique ID names, and the No of
years of experience of the players.
SOLUTIONS-

 Proper selection of players and talent identification programs.

 Developing proper Team selection frameworks.
 Adopt coaching and development programs with qualified and experienced individuals in
the field.
 Adapt a Player welfare development program having health assessment benefits and
prevention for injuries and proper medical care.
 Use data analytics to predict/forecast detailed reports on teams and their players.

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS-

 Use data-driven strategies to know the player performances in detail.

 Adapt a proper policy that allows working on the opportunities of young talents.
 Make collaborations with international partners and coaches, to improve the management.
 Establish a well-executing monitoring system to enhance the workloads, player’s injury
histories as well as the rest periods and breaks.

CONCLUSION-

BCCI can implement the recommended strategies and enhance team management more
effectively showing transparency in its operations and emphasizing investing in proper
resources like finding popular talents, welfare to players, domestic structure improvements,
etc. With the help of an ER model, the body can also understand the involvement of common
parties and navigate the data through a proper understanding of the structures, entities, and
relationships between the persons and systems involved.

SOURCES-

ER diagram created with- www.canva.com

https://www.businessballs.com/organisational-culture/case-study-bcci-collapse/
https://www.primefocustechnologies.com/sites/all/downloads/pdfs/
140403_BCCI_Case_Study.pdf