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ICC Chairman election in November, Jay Shah may leave BCCI.

Politics

Jay Shah may run in November of this year for the ICC Chairman position. Shah, if elected, will head the ICC for three years before becoming eligible to become the BCCI president in 2028, as stipulated by the BCCI constitution.

According to reports, the International Cricket Council (ICC) will hold its next chairman’s election in November of this year. After four years in office, incumbent leader Greg Barclay is eligible for a second term.

The election of the chairman will not be on the agenda of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Annual Conference, which will take place in Colombo later this month. Jay Shah, who is expected to become the youngest head of the global organisation, will have at least three months to make up his mind about moving to Dubai when the new chairman is chosen in November. July 19–22 is when the annual conference takes place.

When it comes to his interest in replacing Greg Barclay, who has been ICC chairman for the last four years, Shah has been resolutely noncommittal. With backing from the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the New Zealander rose to the position. Barclay is qualified for another term and could be eager to serve again, but if Shah runs, he will undoubtedly win.

There are rumours, though, that BCCI secretary Jay Shah would enter the race. If he does, and he wins, he will be the youngest person to hold the position.
ICC will hold its annual conference in Colombo later in July but as per a report, the timeline for the election of next chairman could be formalised during the meeting.

Although Shah has not stated if he intends to run for office, there are rumours that he wants to alter the way the ICC operates, particularly in light of the controversy surrounding the planning of the most recent T20 World Cup, which the USA and Caribbean islands co-hosted.

The publication also states that the chairman’s term has been modified by the ICC. The next president of cricket’s international governing body will have a three-year term instead of a two-year one and will only be reelected once instead of twice.

Shah was the joint secretary of the Gujarat Cricket Association before entering the field of cricket administration in 2009. In September 2019, he was chosen as board secretary after joining the BCCI in 2015.

The batting great Sunil Gavaskar recently complimented Shah for the actions the BCCI took to advance cricket in India while he was in office.

Speaking to India Today, Jay Shah is often criticised for his achievements, with the emphasis being more on his father’s political standing. However, Jay Shah should be commended for his achievements, which include founding the Women’s Premier League, ensuring equal pay for the Men’s and Women’s teams, increasing IPL player expenses, and significantly improving incentives. Regretfully, some people refuse to give him credit because they have political agendas, said Gavaskar.

The election of Associate Member Directors is scheduled for July 19 during the Annual Conference in the meantime. There are eleven contenders vying for the three two-year terms available on the ICC Board of Directors. Pankaj Khimji of Oman, Imran Khwaja of Singapore, and Neil Speight of Bermuda are the current directors.

An announcement from the ICC states that “an electronic voting mechanism that permits anonymous voting will be used to conduct the election. If there is a problem with the electronic voting system, there will be a manual vote using a secret ballot.

If there is still a tie after that, the candidates will be invited to decide among themselves who should be selected. If they are unable to agree, the winner will be determined by a coin flip,.

Chinese Premier Li to Visit Australia Since 2017 along with New Zealand

World

Chinese Premier Li Qiang scheduled his visit to Australia and New Zealand in the recent and upcoming weeks. He arrived in New Zealand on Thursday for an official visit on the 13th of June where he will start his three-nation tour from June 13 to 20. For more than 50 years, New Zealand and China have established a strategic diplomatic relations which benefitted both of these countries upliftment. The third nation will be Malaysia.