Question

Where is the headquarters of the International Cricket Council?
A. Dubai
B. London
C. New Delhi
D. Abu Dhabi

Answer 1

HintThe International Cricket Council, also known as ICC, is the world governing body of cricket. It was previously known as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909. World championship events such as Cricket World Cup, Women's Cricket World Cup, etc. are organized by the ICC and so on.

Complete step by step solutionThe headquarters of the International Cricket Council or ICC is located in Dubai. It was in London previously. Since India had the greatest viewership for Cricket among all the cricket-playing nations and the largest market in the cricketing world, the game’s attention shifted to South Asia. The ICC has 104 members of nations currently out of which 12 full members are those who play Test matches and 92 are Associate Members. Its role is the organization and governance of major international tournaments of cricket, the Cricket World Cup and ICC T20 World Cup to name a few.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note The Chairman heads the board of directors. On 26 June 2014, the former president of BCCI, Narayanaswami Srinivasan, was announced as the first chairman of the council. The role of the president has become a very honorary one since the role of chairman was established and other changes were made to the ICC constitution in 2014. The changes made in 2014 have handed control to the so-called 'Big Three' nations of India, England, and Australia, as per the claims. The last president of ICC was Zaheer Abbas. The post of the president was abolished in April 2016. Shashank Manohar became the first independent elected chairman of the ICC.