Bharat vs India: BCCI to BCCB? Potential Changes in Indian Cricket and Football if India renamed as Bharat

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Will the name of our country get changed and return to its pre-British name? That is a huge possibility as India is on the verge of changing its name.

There is a strong breeze across the nation that India may get its name reverted to Bharat. Recently a G20 dinner invitation letter from the government has sparked the debate of Bharat vs India, where instead of President of India, it was written as President of Bharat.

While the change in the nation's name is a matter of discussion and passing of a parliament bill, if it happens, how is it gonna impact the name of many Indian institutions and organizations?

In terms of the sports organizations, we are going to focus on cricket and football in this article. If the compulsion arises from the name change, there will be a series of institutions which will require a drastic rechristening.

Bharat vs India: How Indian Cricket and Football Associations will be named if India changes to Bharat

Here are how the names of organizations and teams will change if India is renamed as Bharat-

BCCI to BCCB

The Board of Control for Cricket in India may have to make a change to the Board of Control for Cricket in Bharat.

Team Bharat

'Rohit Sharma, the team Bharat captain has scored a fantastic century. The Bharatiya boys are playing extremely well in this match.' - These are some of the changes you may listen to while watching a cricket match in the coming days.

IPL to BPL

That is something we can expect in future. Indian Premier League to Bharat/Bharatiya Premier League is a massive possibility if the country's name changes.

AIFF to BFF

In terms of Football, the apex body is named as All India Football Federation (AIFF), and with a renaming country name, we may see it getting rechristened to Bharat Football Federation (BFF).