The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reportedly earned a combined revenue of Rs 27,411 crore in the five-year period between 2018 and 2022, said the Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary to the Rajya Sabha.

The earnings were made from media rights, sponsorships and revenue shares from International Cricket Council (ICC), he shared.

Chaudhury was responding to a question posed by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) MP Anil Desai, asking if the government was aware of BCCI’s status as the second-richest sports organisation in the world.

He also asked the government to provide information about the sporting body’s income, expenditure and tax details in the last five years.

Chaudhury informed Desai that the government does not maintain data regarding the financial standings of sports bodies globally; however, he shared details of the revenue with the Rajya Sabha.