Jay Shah appointed President of Asian Cricket Council

Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah was on Saturday appointed as the President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

Sharing the news on Twitter, BCCI treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal wrote: “Congratulations @JayShah on taking over as President of Asian Cricket Council. I’m sure ACC will achieve greater heights under ur leadership and the cricketers of the entire Asian region will benefit. My best wishes for a successful tenure.”

Earlier, Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) chief Nazmul Hussain held the post of ACC President.

Significantly, the ACC is Asia’s regional administrative body which consists of 24 member associations.

Currently, when BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly is in hospital after undergoing a successful angioplasty, Shah has been looking after the work and on Friday night, he had informed the state associations that after successfully organising the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, the board will host Vinoo Mankad Trophy along with Vijay Hazare and senior women’s one-dayers.

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