New Delhi: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah on Tuesday was confirmed as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) after being elected unopposed. Shah was the sole nominee for the top post after Greg Barclay, the current ICC chairman decided against seeking a third term in the office.
Shah became the youngest to hold the prestigious post at the age of 35 and the fifth Indian to head the world cricket’s governing body. Shah will assume his role as the new chairman of the ICC from December 01 this year. He will step down from his post as BCCI secretary and the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to take over the reins from Barclay.
Shah was the frontrunner to succeed Barclay as the new chairman after the New Zealander confirmed that he wouldn’t seek a third term. The BCCI secretary enjoyed overwhelming support from the majority of the 16 ICC directors and was thus elected unopposed. Australia and England, who are part of the BIg 3 alongside India in world cricket, also reportedly supported Shah for the chairmanship.
Here is a look at Indians who have held the top post in ICC:
1) Jay Shah
The youngest-ever ICC chairman at the age of 35, BCCI secretary Jay Shah was elected unopposed as the successor to Greg Barclay on Tuesday. He will become the 5th Indian to head the world cricket’s governing body. Shah was appointed as the BCCI secretary in 2019 and has since been instrumental in driving financial and infrastructural growth in Indian cricket. He will assume his chair on December 01, 2024, and will hope to take cricket to greater heights under his leadership.
2) Shashank Manohar
Shashank Manohar, who twice served as BCCI president, was elected as the ICC chairman in 2015. He served in the top post from 2015 to 2020 before being succeeded by Greg Barclay. Manohar replaced former BCCI president N Srinivasan as the new ICC chairman in 2015 following constitutional reforms in the world governing body of cricket. A lawyer by profession, Manohar was the first independently elected chairman of the ICC.
3) N Srinivasan
Former BCCI president N Srinivasan became the first chairman of the ICC in 2014 after the position of ICC President was abolished. Srinivasan served in the top post for a year before being replaced by Shashank Manohar. Srinivasan served as BCCI secretary from 2008 to 2011 before becoming the Indian cricket board’s 30th president in 2011. He held the post of BCCI president from 2011 to 2013.
4) Sharad Pawar
A veteran politician and the current president of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), Sharad Pawar was elected as the 9th president of the ICC in 2010. He served in the top position for two years from 2010 to 2012. Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Pawar was also the BCCI president from 2005 to 2008. He was only the 2nd Indian to become the president of the ICC.
5) Jagmohan Dalmiya
Business tycoon Jagmohan Dalmiya was the first Indian to head the International Cricket Council (ICC) when he assumed the president post of the world cricket’s governing body in 1997. He served as ICC president from 1997 to 2000. Dalmiya was first elected as BCCI president in 2001 after serving as ICC president and assumed the role for three years till 2004.
He served as interim BCCI president in 2013 before returning to the top post in 2015. He also served as the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) for 21 years in two different terms from 1992-2006 and 2008 to 2015.
Jay Shah was elected unopposed as the new chairman of the ICC on Tuesday, August 27. He is set to become the 5th Indian to head the world cricket’s governing body. Here is a look at 5 Indians who have held the top post in ICC. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
