India’s Jay Shah Elected New ICC Chairman

Jay Shah, 35, of India has been elected unopposed as the new ICC chairman, replacing Greg Barclay.

Shah who is the current BCCI secretary, will begin his new role on December 1.

Shah, the youngest to hold the post, was the only nominee at the end of today’s deadline for nomination.

There would have been an election if there was another nominee

Shah is the fifth Indian to head the ICC after Jagmohan Dalmiya, Sharad Pawar, N Srinivasan and Shashank Manohar.

After beginning his cricket administration career in the state of Gujarat in 2009, Shah has been the BCCI secretary since October 2019.

It was in 2022 that he became a part of the ICC’s influential Finance & Commercial Affairs (F&CA) committee and took over as its chair in 2023. Shah was also re-elected as BCCI secretary in 2022 and his tenure was to run until 2025. Once he takes over as the ICC chair, he will have to relinquish his position at the BCCI and at the ICC’s F&CA committee. Shah was also the Asian Cricket Council president from 2021 to 2024.