In the election for the post of ICC chairman, India-Pakistan face off

 

It has been almost a month and a half since Shashank Manohar stepped down as ICC president. But the highest governing body of cricket has yet to appoint a successor.

On the contrary, Shashank Manohar's picture and profile are still displayed on the 'Meet the Chairman' page of the company's official website.

The appointment of the next chairman was discussed at the ICC board meeting on Monday (August 10), but no solution was forthcoming. On the contrary, there has been a sharp disagreement over this. This disagreement is not about who will be the chairman. Rather with the process of electing the chairman. In the current situation, it is almost impossible to elect a chairman on the basis of consensus. As a result, there is no speed without selection. But how will the election? With this, several boards are involved in a conflict with the three leaders of cricket.

India, Australia, and England, the 'three leaders' of world cricket, want the chairman to be elected on the basis of a simple majority. But some countries, led by Pakistan, want elections to be held on a two-thirds majority. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have come face to face with this. An ICC official also admitted to the media.

The current ICC member countries and the nominated members have the right to vote together with 16 people. The other two members of the three fronts, including India, want more than half of the 18 members, or nine, to be the next chairman. But other countries, including Pakistan, want 12 out of 16 people, or two-thirds of the votes, to be elected chairman.

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, England, and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chairperson Colin Graves and West Indies Cricket Board President Dave Cameron are still vying for the post of next ICC chairman. The three leaders want to make any one of these three the chairman of the ICC on the basis of consensus. But that is not happening because of objections from some countries, including Pakistan.

Earlier on June 30, Shashank Manohar resigned as ICC chairman. However, his second term was two years away. When he took office in 2016, elections were held by secret ballot. He was elected unopposed in the next election.