Jay Shah elected as the new chairman of ICC!!!

Jay Shah, Secretary of the Board of Control for cricket in india has been elected as the Chairman of the ICC. He will be the youngest indian to become the Chairman of the ICC. Jay Shah will take over this responsibility at the age of 36. Before Jay Shah, other veterans of india have held this post. The important thing is that Jay Shah has been elected unopposed chairman. He will now take over on december 1. Jay Shah will have to leave the post of bcci Secretary for this. The current chairman of the ICC is Greg Barclay of New Zealand. His term ends on november 30. After this Jay Shah will take over the post. The ICC had given an important information about this on august 20. He had told that Barclay will not be the chairman for the third consecutive time. He was holding this post since 2020.

Four indians have been ICC Chiefs before Jay Shah -

Four indians have been the chairman of the ICC before Jay Shah. Jagmohan Dalmiya was the President of the ICC from 1997 to 2000. After this, sharad pawar was the President from 2010 to 2012. N Srinivasan was the Chairman in 2014-15. While shashank Manohar was the Chairman from 2015-2020. Actually, before 2015, the ICC Chief was called President. But after this it started being called Chairman.

jai Shah was elected Chairman unopposed -

If we talk about jai Shah, he became the Secretary of the Board of Control for cricket in india for the first time in 2019. After this, he held this post for the second consecutive time in 2022. jai Shah has been elected unopposed as the Chairman of the ICC. He had 15 members in support. If we look at the rules of the ICC, 16 directors vote in the selection of the chairman. In such a situation, getting 9 votes is considered necessary. A two-thirds majority is required for the post of Chairman.