India’s Jay Shah takes helm as ICC’s youngest chairman, aims to globalise cricket
- Shah was elected unopposed as ICC chairman – a significant rise for the 35-year-old that highlights India’s influence in global cricket
India’s cricket chief Jay Shah has been elected unopposed as chairman of the sport’s world body, the International Cricket Council, it said on Tuesday.
Shah will take over the role from December, after current Chair Greg Barclay decided not to seek a third term.
“I am committed to working closely with the ICC team and our member nations to further globalise cricket,” Shah said, adding he was “humbled” by the appointment.
“Our goal is to make cricket more inclusive and popular than ever before.”
From being the chief of the world’s richest cricket board to leading the ICC, the 35-year-old’s meteoric rise illustrates India’s domination of the sport’s global administration.
In a country where the sport and politics go hand in glove, Shah is best known for being the son of home minister Amit Shah, the right-hand man of Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
