Jay Shah officially took over as ICC Chairman, will he accept this condition of Pakistan on hybrid model?

Jay Shah officially takes over as ICC Chairman: Jai Shah, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has officially taken charge as the new Chairman of ICC. On November 29, from the ICC meeting with all the cricket boards, it was reported that Jay Shah's appointment as ICC President could be postponed by a month. But this news has proved to be just a rumor and Shah has taken charge as the head of cricket's supreme body as the youngest ever President of ICC. Shah can remain on this post for 3 terms of 2 years each i.e. 6 years.

Will replace Greg Barclay

Jay Shah will replace New Zealand's Greg Barclay as ICC President. Barkley had been holding this post since 2020. Shah was elected unopposed as ICC President in August this year. After assuming the post of president, Shah thanked Greg Barclay for his four-year tenure. He said, 'I want to thank Greg Barclay for the achievements made under his leadership in the last four years.' Apart from this, in his first statement as ICC President, Shah has talked about including cricket in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games and giving priority to the development of women's sports.

A new chapter of global cricket begins today with Jay Shah starting his tenure as ICC Chair.

Details: pic.twitter.com/Fse4qrRS7a

— ICC (@ICC) December 1, 2024

Such has been the journey as a cricket administrator

Shah is the 5th Indian to reach the post of ICC President. Before him, Jagmohan Dalmiya, N Srinivasan, Shashank Manohar and Sharad Pawar had held this post. As a cricket administrator, Shah has achieved a lot in a short time. In this journey that started in 2009, in 2013 he became the Joint Secretary of Gujarat Cricket Association. In 2015, he joined BCCI and became a member of the Finance and Marketing Committee. Became Secretary of BCCI in 2019. During this period he was also the President of the Asian Cricket Council. Shah became the head of the ICC's Finance and Commercial Affairs Sub-Committee in 2022.

Will you accept this condition of PCB?

After becoming the ICC President, the biggest challenge before Jay Shah is to organize the ICC Champions Trophy successfully. BCCI has been demanding a hybrid model for this tournament since the beginning. PCB has accepted the hybrid model on the condition that the hybrid model should also be applicable for ICC or ACC events to be held in India by 2031. Now it remains to be seen whether Jay Shah accepts PCB's condition or not.

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