The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah is all set to interchange the incumbent Greg Barclay as the brand new chairman of the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC), sources have confirmed to NDTV. Barclay informed ICC administrators, together with Cricket Australia’s chair Mike Baird, that he has no intention of working for the submit, for the third time period throughout a video convention. His determination comes after being knowledgeable of Jay Shah’s intentions to interchange him in November. Shah has the backing of cricket boards from England and Australia, and therefore, has the numbers to be topped because the chief of the ICC.
Jagmohan Dalmiya (1997 to 2000), Sharad Pawar (2010-2012) — as presidents — and N Srinivasan (2014 to 2015) and Shashank Manohar (2015 to 2020) — as chairmen — are the one 4 Indians who’ve headed ICC prior to now. Shah, who can also be the son of India’s dwelling minister Amit Shah, will turn into the third to take action when he formally replaces Barclay in November.
“ICC chair Greg Barclay confirmed to the board that he won’t stand for a 3rd time period and can step down from the submit when his present tenure finishes on the finish of November. Barclay was appointed because the unbiased ICC chair in November 2020, earlier than being re-elected in 2022,” an ICC spokesperson informed The Age.
“Present administrators at the moment are required to place ahead nominations for the subsequent chair by 27 August 2024 and if there may be multiple candidate, an election can be held with the time period of the brand new chair commencing on 1 December 2024.”
As per ICC guidelines, the chairman’s election contains of 16 votes and now a easy majority of 9 votes is required (51%) for the winner. Earlier, to turn into the chairman, the incumbent wanted to have two-third majority.
He enjoys numerous goodwill with many of the 16 voting members. At present, Shah has one other one 12 months left because the BCCI secretary earlier than happening a compulsory cooling off interval of three years from October, 2025.
As per the BCCI structure accepted by the Supreme Court docket, an workplace bearer can keep for six earlier than he must go for a cooling off of three years. In all, an individual can keep in workplace for a cumulative interval of 18 years, — 9 in state affiliation and 9 in BCCI.
If Shah decides to maneuver to ICC with a 12 months of his secretaryship nonetheless left, he can have 4 years left within the BCCI.
At 35, he’ll turn into the youngest chairman within the historical past of ICC.
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