The four-day annual meeting of the International Cricket Council will begin in Colombo on Friday, July 19. During this meeting, all eyes will be on Indian Cricket Board secretary Jay Shah. During the meeting, there can be serious discussion on when he will become the chairman of the ICC. Currently, New Zealand's Greg Barclay is in this position.
During this meeting of the ICC, the meeting is likely to focus on the loss of 20 million US dollars (approximately Rs 160 crore) during the T20 World Cup 2024 in the US. According to news agency PTI, the financial information of the tournament is not in the 9 agenda of the AGM meeting. But it will be discussed as a post-event report.
Champions Trophy not on the agenda of ICC meeting
The Indian team does not want to go to Pakistan to play the Champions Trophy. Recently there were reports that the Indian government's stance has not changed. The BCCI wants this tournament in a hybrid model. There were many reactions from Pakistan regarding this. Meanwhile, the shocking thing for them is that this issue is not even on the agenda of the ICC meeting. However, it can be discussed even after this. It can be discussed with the permission of the chairman.
An ICC source said that one of the main areas of interest for everyone in the ICC is when Shah will take over the reins of the world body. “The issue is not how it will happen, the issue is when it will happen,” he said. He still has a year left as BCCI secretary. His cooling off period in the Indian board will start in 2025 as per the constitution. However, if he is to take over in 2025, Barclay will not be able to complete his third term of two years from December 2024 to December 2026.
The source said that one idea is whether the tenure of ICC President should be made two terms of three years each instead of three terms of two years each. If this happens, the total tenure can be 6 years. If Barclay's current term becomes three years, then Shah can complete his 6 years on the insistence of BCCI Secretary. There will be three periods in 2025. Then he can come back in 2008 and take over the post of Board President.
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