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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah has been elected as the next president of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Jay Shah, who has been handling the BCCI since October 2019, will take over as ICC chairman from 1 December 2024. The term of current president Greg Barclay ends on 30 November and the last date for nomination for this post was 27 August. Shah will now have to leave the post of BCCI secretary. The general meeting of the board will be held next month or in October.
Jay Shah became
According to the ICC, Jay Shah was the only candidate who filed nomination for the post and he has been elected unopposed as the next president. With this, Jay Shah became the fifth Indian to become ICC President. Before him, Jagmohan Dalmiya, Sharad Pawar, N Srinivasan and Shashank Manohar are Indians who have previously played in the ICC. Leadership has been
After being elected as ICC President, Jai Shah expressed his intention to further increase the global reach and popularity of cricket. According to the ICC statement, Shah said, “I am very happy to be elected as the ICC President. I am committed to working with the ICC team and our member countries to take world cricket forward. We stand at a critical juncture where it has become important to balance the coexistence of multiple formats, adopt new technology and introduce our flagship events to new global markets. Our aim is to make cricket more popular.
The ICC chairman is eligible for three terms of two years each and New Zealand's Barclay has so far completed four years. As per ICC rules, the election of the chairman consists of 16 votes and now requires a simple majority of nine votes (51%) for the winner. Under the ICC constitution, there are a total of 17 votes, of which 12 are votes of representatives of full-time Test nations, the president, vice-president, two associate members and an independent female director. Earlier, the incumbent was required to have a two-thirds majority to become the chairman. However, no one other than Jay Shah had filed nominations, so there was no need to hold elections.