BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has received great support from the cricket boards of Australia and England, and he is set to become the 5th Indian and the youngest chairman of ICC (International Cricket Council) replacing the currently serving Greg Barclay after November 2024. Being just 35 years old, which is quite young for this post, Jay Shah will be the youngest ICC chairman. Previously 4 Indians who had served as ICC chief are Jagmohan Dalmiya, Sharad Pawar, N. Srinivasan, and Shashank Manohar.
Who decides the New ICC chairman? When does the New Chairman take charge in 2024?
16 ICC directors have to put forward their respective nominations which will lead to deciding the next person suitable for the chair. However, this entire process has to be done by 27th August 2024. Following the result, the new ICC chairman will be taking charge from 1st December 2024 onwards.
Will Jay Shah continue as BCCI Secretary?
Being elected as BCCI secretary in 2019, Jay Shah is eligible to continue in the same post for one more year as he has to go through 3 3-year cooling periods. If Jay Shah is serving at the ICC which holds a maximum of 3 terms of 2 years each.
Jay Shah’s key role in selecting associate members of the ICC board in Colombo Meeting
According to the talks, it is believed that Jay Shah had a major role in selecting the associate ICC board members to be the general secretary of Emirates Cricket Board — Khwaja, Mubashir Usmani, and secretary of Malaysia — Mahinda Vallipuram during the meeting in Colombo. Also, it is said that Jay Shah had already worked with these people in the Asian Cricket Council.
What might Jay Shah do as the new ICC chairman?
About-to-be ICC chairman, Jay Shah will have so many matters to deal with and out of which most expected is the setback for Pakistan. Already, India stayed stubborn about not playing the Champions Trophy matches next year in Lahore. Meanwhile, the International Cricket Council has granted extra funds to the tournament’s existing budget because they had considered that a few matches would be played somewhere else other than Pakistan.
But when it is Jay Shah as ICC chairman, then undoubtedly we could expect the Champions Trophy venue to be changed such that Pakistan will no longer be hosting the matches in their country.
Although this has several reasons out of which one of the primary is the time taken to make the ground ready. The Rawalpindi stadium in Pakistan doesn’t have a good quality and even the cricket spectators have been asking if Jay Shah becomes the ICC chairman he would surely consider this and change the venue.
Live Streaming or Broadcaster for Global Cricket
As of now, the global cricket’s official broadcasting right is with Disney Plus Hotstar which has the deal signed from 2024 to 2027. At the same time, STAR channel is willing to renegotiate the deal that it had earlier signed in 2022 with the International Cricket Council for TV as well as Digital rights.
Rise of Jay Shah: From where did he start?
Jay Shah’s journey is successful at present, but it all began in 2009 in the GCA (Gujarat Cricket Association), in which he served as a member of CBC (Central Board of Cricket) located in Ahmedabad.
He further rose to become the joint secretary of the Gujarat Cricket Association in September 2013. Jay was working along with his father, Amit Shah, who is a successful politician now but back then at that time, he was the president of GCA.
During this period, one of the greatest achievements of Jay Shah was administrating and managing the construction of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, which is now popularly known as the world’s largest cricket stadium.
Later in 2015, Jay Shah served in the finance and marketing department of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India). And, most of his important contributions to the BCCI led him to be elected as the youngest secretary in October 2019.
He was fortunate enough to experience some remarkable achievements during his service which included the iconic IPL (Indian Premier League) deal regarding media rights in 2022. That is where the IPL’s 5-year rights were sold for a whopping amount of Rupees 47,400 crore. Further, this brilliant deal contributed to making IPL the 2nd most-valued sport globally after the NFL (National Football League).
Conclusion
Overall, having many achievements of which the recent huge success that is being celebrated by the nation is Jay Shah becoming the 5th Indian and youngest ICC chairman. Also, there have been many memes circulating on the internet that are encouraging his success no less than a festival celebration