ICC Reappoints Imran Khwaja As Deputy Chair
Published - 26 Nov 2022, 12:10 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:14 AM
Imran Khwaja, the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) current deputy chair, has been reappointed, the ICC announced on Friday (November 25).
The announcement marks the conclusion of a process that lasted a week and got underway with the ICC board meeting last week in Melbourne. He will serve out the remaining two years of his tenure.
Khwaja has held the position of Deputy Chair since 2017 and was first chosen to the ICC Board in 2008. Recently, Greg Barclay of New Zealand was unanimously elected to serve a second two-year term as the ICC chairman.
Khwaja, who is originally from Singapore Cricket and is primarily supported by Associate members, faced no opposition in his campaign for reelection.
Unlike the previous election, when Ricky Skerritt of Cricket West Indies challenged him, no nomination was made against him this time. The entire procedure was completed online.
“The process started after the Chairman election and it was completed today. No one else wanted it. No opposition so no election,” an ICC member told Cricbuzz.
Imran Khwaja currently holds an Associate Member Director position
Khwaja was re-elected at the ICC Annual Conference in July 2022, and he presently serves as an Associate Member Director on the Board. Khwaja has held the position of Deputy Chair since 2017 and was first chosen to the ICC Board in 2008.
Greg Barclay of New Zealand was re-elected as the ICC Chair earlier last week, and with Khwaja’s reappointment, the ICC will continue to be run by elected officials who took office in 2020. The addition of Jay Shah, who holds the influential and prestigious role of chairman of Finance and Commercial Affairs (F&CA), is the sole significant alteration to the entire system.
At a board meeting earlier this month, BCCI secretary Jay Shah was elected chair of the ICC’s all-powerful Finance and Commercial Affairs (F&CA) committee. The ICC’s men’s cricket committee is led by former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly.
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