The newly-elected ICC Chairman Jay Shah’s efforts as BCCI secretary in giving equal precedence to males’s and ladies’s cricket have made the Indian board a “pioneer” for different governing our bodies of the sport to observe, reckoned legendary Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday. Shah will depart BCCI after a five-year stint, which started in October 2019, to take over because the unbiased chairman of the Worldwide Cricket Council from December 1.
Tendulkar joined many former and present gamers to increase his needs to Shah, who would be the youngest ICC chairman in historical past on the age of 35.
“Being enthusiastic and having the drive to do one thing good for cricket are important qualities for a cricket administrator. @JayShah displayed these traits splendidly throughout his stint as @BCCI secretary,” Tendulkar wrote on X.
“His endeavours in direction of prioritising each girls’s cricket and males’s cricket have made the BCCI a pioneer that different boards can observe. I want him the easiest of luck in direction of the subsequent section of his journey, as he turns into the youngest chairman of the @ICC,” he mentioned.
Being enthusiastic and having the drive to do one thing good for cricket are important qualities for a cricket administrator. @JayShah displayed these traits splendidly throughout his stint as @BCCI secretary.
His endeavours in direction of prioritising each girls’s cricket and males’s…
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 28, 2024
Shah would be the fifth Indian to go the ICC and Tendulkar hoped that he would have the ability to carry the legacy ahead.
“India has despatched a number of luminaries to guide the ICC as directors: Mr. Jagmohan Dalmiya, Mr. Sharad Pawar, Mr. N. Srinivasan, and Mr. Shashank Manohar. I’m positive he’ll construct on their legacy and take the sport of cricket ahead,” he added.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly, who was the BCCI president throughout Shah’s first time period wrote, “Congratulations to Jay Shah @JayShah on his new position as ICC chair.. want him an incredible journey forward ..” (sic) India’s batting mainstay Virat Kohli additionally congratulated Shah for his new position. “Many congratulations @JayShah on being elected because the ICC chairman. Wishing you nice success forward,” he wrote.
India’s Check and ODI skipper Rohit Sharma wrote, “Heartiest Congratulations @JayShah.” Jasprit Bumrah additionally prolonged his needs, “Congratulations @Jay Shah bhai! Your ardour for the sport will guarantee it is taken to the subsequent stage. Wishing you a lot of luck!”
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