Former BCCI Secretary and the present ICC Chairman Jay Shah was happy to be honoured for his contributions to the expansion of Indian cricket. He referred to as out the Indian crew as an invincible aspect in ICC tournaments in latest instances, linking them to Australia’s earlier dominance in world occasions.
India’s latest profitable streak in ICC occasions has been linked with the previous large patch of the mighty Aussies between the years 1999 and 2007, after they received three back-to-back ODI World Cups and Champions Trophies.
🚨JAY SHAH ON TEAM INDIA’S GROWTH SINCE 2019.🚨
“From 2019 to 2026, Workforce India achieved nice success — 2 U-19 Males’s WC, 2 U-19 Girls’s WC, WTC runner-up twice, ODI WC runner-up, back-to-back T20 WC titles, and the 2025 CT. Congratulations to everybody.”pic.twitter.com/7F6ZOiCVyV
India have additionally received the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 after having received the earlier T20 World Cup in 2024 and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025. They’ve been invincible in ICC occasions since 2023, after they misplaced the ultimate to the Australians within the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
Simply as there was a time when Australia meant victory, in the present day, Workforce India means victory- Jay Shah
The Indian crew turned the first-ever crew to have efficiently defended their title within the historical past of the ICC T20 World Cup. They have been additionally the primary crew to have received it on their residence soil and the primary crew to win it for the third time.
Reflecting on India’s world dominance, the previous BCCI Secretary mentioned throughout one of many non-public award capabilities, “Simply as there was a time when Australia meant victory, in the present day, Workforce India means victory. That has turn into the truth now.”
He was honoured on the occasion for his distinctive contribution to sports activities in India; nonetheless, he devoted it to the hard-working athletes of India. “I want to dedicate this award to all of the athletes, particularly the ladies athletes who’re working laborious on the sector,” Shah mentioned.
Jay Shah congratulated all semi-finalists of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 because the ICC Chairman
He went on to congratulate the Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav and the pinnacle coach Gautam Gambhir for India’s triumph within the ICC T20 World Cup and in addition praised the opposite semi-finalists because the Chairman of the ICC.
“I wish to congratulate Surya, Gautam Gambhir, and all of the gamers of Workforce India. I additionally wish to congratulate not simply Workforce India but additionally the South African crew and the England crew, who didn’t lose a single recreation earlier than the knockout stage.
“And at last, the finalists, the New Zealand cricket crew, for the best way they carried out and labored laborious on the sector. Congratulations to them as properly,” Shah mentioned.
He additionally listed the whole achievements of the Indian Males’s and Girls’s cricket groups ever since he joined the BCCI in 2019. He identified India’s dominant run with double triumph within the Males’s and Girls’s ICC U-19 World Cups.
The Girls’s ODI World Cup, the ICC T20 Males’s World Cup, and the Champions Trophy, alongside the 2 carefully fought WTC Finals and the 2023 Males’s ODI World Cup.
Jay Shah motivated BCCI and the Indian gamers to work with the identical zeal and fervour
He then went on to achieve out to the complete Indian crew through Suryakumar and Gautam Gambhir and shared his expertise as an administrator, the place he has realized “that it takes months to go from the highest to the underside, however it takes years to go from the underside to the highest.”
He mentioned that within the BCCI, he had saved every part deliberate till the 2028 Olympics, and now the brand new members also needs to plan, protecting the 2030 and 2032 video games in thoughts, alongside the 2026 Olympics, which may be hosted by India.
“New individuals have are available in my place on the BCCI. All of you collectively want to arrange for the 2030 and 2032 video games, and you already know the place the 2036 Olympics shall be held. So, put together for that as properly,” he suggested.
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