BCCI secretary Jay Shah will take over as the next chairman of the ICC in December after he emerged as the sole nominee for the high-profile job, the global governing body for cricket announced on Tuesday .

The 35-year-old will succeed incumbent chairman Greg Barclay, who decided against running for the post for a third consecutive term of two years.

“I am humbled by the nomination as the Chair of the International Cricket Council,” Shah stated in a release issued by the ICC.

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Shah will leave his current position as BCCI secretary, which he has held since 2019, in the Board`s Annual General Meeting to be held towards the end of the next month or in October.

Shah is currently the head of ICC`s most powerful sub-committee, the Finance and Commercial Affairs (F&CA), a role that he took over in 2022.

More updates to follow…

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