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BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s time period as ACC president prolonged by means of 12 months

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BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s tenure as president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) was once on Saturday unanimously prolonged by means of a 12 months at its annual basic assembly.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah (AFP Picture)

BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s tenure as president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) was once on Saturday unanimously prolonged by means of a 12 months to the 2024 ACC AGM.

Shah had taken because the president of the ACC in January ultimate 12 months from Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan, making him the youngest administrator to be re-appointed as ACC president.

Addressing the AGM, Shah stated the ACC’s key center of attention could be to hold ahead the improvement of the game within the area.

“We stay dedicated in opposition to making sure the all-round building of cricket within the area, particularly sporting ahead the pioneering paintings in girls’s cricket and the a couple of grassroot tournaments the ACC conducts within the area across the 12 months,” Shah stated.

“The pandemic expectantly is at the back of us and I’m prepared that we adapt, innovate and lend a hand the ACC develop from energy to energy from hereon,” he added.

Shah’s extension was once proposed by means of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Shammi Silva and the nomination was once sponsored unanimously by means of the entire contributors of the ACC.

“I wish to thank all of my esteemed colleagues on the ACC for reposing their religion in me and making an allowance for me worthy to hold on the entire paintings we had begun,” Shah stated.

“I humbly settle for this honour and I’m dedicated to running arduous to be able to organise, broaden and advertise our loved game of cricket within the area, helping the ACC to continuously develop in stature,” he added.