Jay Shah Set To Take Over As New ICC Chairman After Pushing Greg Barclay Out, Says Report

The Board of Manipulate for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah is capable to take over just because the new chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC) after ‘forcing’ resignation of present chairman Greg Barclay, in step with media reviews. The ICC and TV broadcasters Big name are embroiled in a $Three billion dispute over media rights for the time being.

In conserving with Australia’s The Age newspaper, New Zealander Barclay told ICC directors, together with Cricket Australia’s chairman Mike Baird, of his intention to resign after all of a video conference, after being informed by Jay Shah that he wished to substitute him in November and had the ‘numbers to take action’.

“ICC chair Greg Barclay confirmed to the board that he's going to no longer stand for a 1/3 time duration and can step down from the publish when his most sleek day-day tenure finishes at the cease of November. Barclay turned appointed just because the unbiased ICC chair in November 2020, before being re-elected in 2022,” an ICC spokesperson turned quoted as announcing by The Age newspaper.

“As much as date day directors are the reality is required to goal forward nominations for the subsequent chair by 27 August 2024 and if there's better than one candidate, an election shall be held with the time duration of the new chair taking off on 1 December 2024,” the report introduced.

Barclay turned eligible for but one varied two-12 months time duration alternatively Jay Shah, who is son of India’s Home Minister Amit Shah, has won relief from Australia and England to run the ICC for no less than three years beneath a revised structure. Shah’s time duration as BCCI secretary turned thus of expire subsequent 12 months.

Jay Shah steady contender to emerge just because the subsequent ICC Chairman.

– The new Chairman’s tenure will out from 1st December. p.c.twitter.com/J3Pq50E7qB

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 20, 2024

Ahead of Tuesday night time’s video establish, the ICC had faced criticism from member international locations for the US-based leg of the T20 World Cup 2024 going $US20 million over the agreed operational worthy choice. There is additionally uncertainty concerning the danger of India journeying to Pakistan to contest the ICC ODI Champions Trophy 2025 in February subsequent 12 months.

Jay Shah’s upward push in ICC has arrived at the equal time Big name is in quest of remedy from the good deal it signed with the ICC in late 2022 for the rights to broadcast global cricket leisure pursuits into India from 2024 to 2027.

An ICC chairman is eligible for three phrases of two years each and every and Barclay, a New Zealand-based lawyer, has so a extended means implemented 4 years. “ICC Chair Greg Barclay confirmed to the Board that he's going to no longer stand for a 1/3 time duration and can step down from the publish when his most sleek day-day tenure finishes at the cease of November. Barclay turned appointed just because the Impartial ICC Chair in November 2020, before being re-elected in 2022,” the ICC cited in a media liberate.

As per ICC coverage policies, the chairman’s election comprises of 16 votes and now a handy majority of 9 votes is required (51 per cent) for the winner. The total way by technique of the previous, to emerge just because the chairman, the incumbent wanted to have two-1/3 majority.

Jay Shah is inspiration of as inspiration of one of many easy top influential faces inner the ICC board room. He is for the time being the top of ICC’s all-astonishing Finance and Industrial Affairs (F&CA) sub-committee.

If Shah decides to transfer to ICC with a 12 months of his secretaryship nevertheless left, he can have 4 years left inner the BCCI. At 35, he may nicely be youngest chairman inner the historic previous of ICC. Jagmohan Dalmiya, Sharad Pawar, N Srinivasan and Shashank Manohar are the Indians who've headed the ICC inner the previous.