Jay Shah, 35-year the son of India’s Home Minister Amit Shah, will become the youngest ICC chairman when he takes charge on December 1. The current Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI, and President of the Asian Cricket Council is only candidate after Greg Barclay did not seek a third term as ICC chairman.
Shah is the key figure in the sport as he hopes history will lay a platform for the sport’s expansion into various parts of the world. As cricket makes its Olympic appearance in the 2028 Los Angeles Games, Shah has reiterated his desire to make cricket a truly global game. For the first time in history, cricket will unite the world.” His vision of the sport was to have a mixed but balanced variation of cricket, to deeply engage with advanced technologies and take the game to the farthest corners of the world to hold marquee events.
“Cricket will be open to everyone,”Jay Shah said. Cricket’s invitation to the 2028 Olympics was, according to Shah, a game-changer for sure. Cricket will be on the right track with the inclusion of cricket in Olympic. According to Shah, “Cricket is pivoting, and it is pivoting toward growth.” Innovation will also be a significant factor as Shah said the game could be transformed. BCCI must be rejoicing that the richest and most popular section will have the biggest influence in the game.
Top stars in Indian cricket make a lot more money than their international peers around the world with endorsements and contracts matching top Bollywood stars as they charge India. In fact, an ICC study in 2018, found that over 90% of cricket’s one-billion-plus fans worldwide were from the Indian subcontinent.
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