KARACHI: The ICC Associate Directors will be elected soon. It is expected to discuss the selection process of the new chairman at the annual general meeting in Sri Lanka this month. Jay Shah may also join the race.
According to the details, the annual meeting of the International Cricket Council is to be held in Colombo from 19th to 22nd of this month, in which there will be an election for 3 seats reserved for the Associates countries in the ICC Board, at that time Pankaj Khamji of Oman, Imran Khawaja of Singapore and Neil Speight of Bermuda is the director, now there are 8 candidates in the field, including UAE’s Mubasher Usmani.
Although the election of a new ICC chairman is not part of the agenda, there may be talk of starting the election process in November. , Jay Shah himself is seriously considering it, though has not officially expressed his desire, he wants to explore all options before taking any decision.
According to the Indian Cricket Board constitution, if Jay Shah wants to become the president of the board, he has to complete a cooling-off period of 3 years, he can spend this time as the chairman of the ICC, in this case BCCI in 2028. will be eligible to become the president of
Even earlier, there were reports of Jay Shah becoming the ICC chairman, but he did not want to lose his control over the world’s most powerful board.
ICC had decided to amend its constitution to make 3 terms of 3 years instead of 3 terms of 2, 2 years for any chairman, so Jai Shah could also hold office for at least 3 years. It is being said that the current chairman, Greg Barclay, is also interested in continuing the role, but if Jay Shah decides to go to the polls, he can be elected unopposed.
