Mohsin Naqvi, PCB Chairman, Likely to Replace Jay Shah as Asian Cricket Council President: REPORT

Now that Jay Shah has become the ICC President, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi is in all probability going to become the ACC President. Naqvi, in all probability, takes over as after an ACC meeting set to be held in October-November. According to PTI sources, Naqvi will be announced as Shah's successor following those meetings in October and November before beginning his two-year tenure in 2025.

“When the ACC meets later this year, it will confirm that Naqvi will be the next president for a two-year term,” the PTI source quoted. “When Jay Shah steps down, the PCB chief will take over.”

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Naqvi's Immediate Task

The ACC has recently awarded the hosting rights of the Asia Cup 2025 to India as the tournament will be held in T20 format and the 2027 edition in ODI format to Bangladesh.

This implies that two major events are scheduled in 2025 — the Champions Trophy in Pakistan in February-March followed by the Asia Cup — which will serve as a precursor to the T20 World Cup 2026.

The two events are again likely to ignite discussions and speculations on whether India would travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, or whether Pakistan will travel to India for the Asia Cup.

Pakistan travelled to India last year for the ODI World Cup after visiting the country 2011 for the ODI World Cup and in 2016 for the T20 World Cup.

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India has not visited Pakistan since 2008 when they last toured for the 50-overs Asia Cup.

Naqvi Criticised

“People want overnight changes but We don’t have enough backup at the moment, after champions cup we’ll be able to make changes and team will be selected on merit," he said. 

Naqvi recently received a lot of criticism following Pakistan's debacle in the T20 World Cup and then in the Rawalpindi Test against Bangladesh.