Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah will be appointed as the new president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), sources said. Canadian National Television. The report claims that Shah already has the backing of the cricket boards of England and Australia, meaning he has the numbers to win the election and become the next ICC boss.
If the report turns out to be true, Shah, 35, would be the youngest person to hold the post and only the fifth Indian to head the ICC after Jagmohan Dalmiya. Sharad Pawar, N. Srinivasan and Shashank Manohar.
Notably, ICC President Greg Barclay had confirmed on Tuesday that he would not be standing for a third term. Barclay’s term at the helm of cricket’s governing body ends on November 30 and since the ICC President can serve three terms of two years each, Barclay could have opted to stand for election for a third time. However, according to the NDTV report, Barclay decided not to stand after being informed of Shah’s intentions to replace him.
Jay Shah’s stature at the ICC:
Jay Shah He is now one of the most recognisable faces in cricket administration around the world and heads the ICC’s finance and commercial affairs sub-committee. He is said to have good relations with almost all of the 16 voting members.
Moreover, should elections be held, the Shah would only need a simple majority (51% of the votes) to win the election, which effectively means nine votes or more. In contrast, previous rules required two-thirds of the votes to win the election.
Why would Jay Shah leave BCCI to take up the post of ICC president?
The BCCI constitution approved by the Supreme Court dictates that an office-bearer can remain in office for a maximum of six years before beginning a three-year probationary period. In total, a person can remain in office for a total of 18 years – nine years in the state association and nine years in the BCCI.
Shah has just one year left before he has to step down as BCCI secretary, but if he decides to take up the role of ICC president, he will have the opportunity to continue as a BCCI official for four more years.
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