Jay Shah will take cricket to a higher level as ICC Chair, says Harbhajan Singh

With Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI secretary Jay Shah taking over as Chairman of the International Cricket Council ICC former India spinner Harbhajan Singh that he will take cricket to a higher level globally Jay Shah officially assumed the role of ICC Chair on Sunday succeeding Greg Barclay who vacated the position on Saturday to become the youngest to occupy that postHarbhajan said Shah will be able to continue at ICC the work he did at BCCIJay Shah will take cricket to a higher level globally and he is able to continue the great work he did in BCCI at the ICC too Also he can bring in smaller nations to participate more Harbhajan Singh told IANS Harbhajan Singh told IANS at the inaugural function of the World Tennis Cricket League in New Delhi on MondayWith the fate of the Champions Trophy 2025 veering towards a hybrid model former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh has asked the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB to accept the decisionPakistan are the original host of the ICC 2025 Champions Trophy but are likely to agree to conduct it in a hybrid model after the Border of Control for India BCCI informed the ICC that the Indian government has refused to allow the team to travel across the border to play in PakistanAlso ReadMohammed Siraj From struggles to smilesAbout PCBs threat that Pakistan will not travel to India to play ICC events in future Harbhajan said they are free to make their own call If Pakistan does not want to travel to India in the future it is their call Tournaments will happen without their participation as well Harbhajan Singh told IANSHarbhajan praised the Indian team for its brilliant victory over Australia in the opening match of the BorderGavaskar Trophy series in PerthPlaying under standin skipper Jasprit Bumrah India outplayed Australia in all departments of the game to hand them an embarrassing defeatWith skipper Rohit Sharma back in the squad after the birth of his second child India continued their good performance in Australia by beating Australia Prime Ministers XI in a rescheduled 50over match after the first day of the twoday pinkball match was rained offHowever concerns have been raised over skipper Rohit Sharmas batting form after he could only score three runs against the Prime Ministers XIHarbhajan however refused to read much in Rohits failure which continues from the home series against New Zealand that India lost 03Rohit Sharmarsquos form is not a concern However I would pick Dhruv Jurel in the playing 11 and rest Shubman Gill for the second Test said Harbhajan giving his preferences for the pinkball Test to be played at Adelaide from December 8 Gill had missed the first Test because of an injury and has recently recovered from itThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever