Jay Shah guarantees particular deal with Take a look at and ladies’s cricket as new ICC chairman
The brand new Chairman of the ICC (Worldwide Cricket Council), Jay Shah, has vowed to protect the worth of Take a look at cricket and the develop ladies’s cricket throughout his time on the helm of the worldwide cricketing physique. Notably, Shah assumed the position of Chairman on Sunday, December 1 as he took over the reins from Greg Barclay after being elected unopposed in August earlier this 12 months.
Shah will depart his position because the honorary secretary of the BCCI (Board of Management for Cricket in India), which he assumed in 2019, as he turns into the brand new head of the ICC. In an announcement posted on his X account, Shah talked about how the game of cricket is in its transformative section and stated that he’s honoured to work with all of the members of the board to develop the sport’s reputation the world over.
“I’m deeply honoured to start my position as ICC Chair in the present day. Cricket is a sport that unites hundreds of thousands throughout the globe, and this can be a second of immense accountability and alternative. As we enter a transformative section for cricket, I’m dedicated to working intently with the ICC staff and Member international locations to develop the sport’s world footprint and create new avenues for its improvement,” posted Shah on his X account.
Additional forward, the brand new ICC chair expressed his respect for the longest format of the sport and likewise talked about how Take a look at cricket and the ladies’s sport will stay a cornerstone of their progress technique.
“From grassroots initiatives to marquee occasions, my imaginative and prescient is to make cricket accessible to extra individuals whereas guaranteeing its evolution meets the aspirations of followers worldwide. Take a look at cricket stays the head of the sport, and I’m devoted to preserving its stature whereas enhancing its enchantment to followers. Concurrently, ladies’s cricket shall be a cornerstone of our progress technique as we take the game to new horizons,” he added.
Shah has huge expertise in cricket administration having began his journey in 2009 with the Gujarat Cricket Affiliation. Throughout his tenure, he additionally oversaw the event of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Shah grew to become the youngest ever honorary secretary of the BCCI 2019.
Throughout his tenure on the BCCI, Shah introduced a number of new reforms for the event of the sport, resembling supporting ladies’s cricket by introducing equal pay as their male counterparts and formulation of the Ladies’s Premier League.
He additionally inspired teenager to play extra home cricket with the introduction of latest incentive schemes and improve in match charges and the money prizes for every sport. Moreover, Shah additionally started a Take a look at cricket incentive scheme earlier this 12 months to maintain the curiosity of the kids alive within the oldest format of the sport.
