The Asian African Cricket Council was founded by Dr. GD Singh and Dr. Neetu Singh Marwah, who identified a persistent institutional gap in Asia-Africa cricket relations — the absence of a permanent, neutral, non-commercial platform through which cricket stakeholders across both continents could engage in structured dialogue and collaboration.
Operating under the wider institutional architecture of the Asian African Chamber of Commerce & Industry — a 102-country network — the founders envisioned an institution that would provide governance infrastructure, not commercial services. The AACC was thus constituted as a Section 8 (non-profit) company under the Companies Act 2013, with a founding Charter establishing its purpose, structure and principles.
The AACL (Asian African Cricket League) — the commercial franchise T20 league — was subsequently established as a structurally separate commercial entity that operates under AACC institutional oversight, paying an annual governance fee to the Council.