{"id":885543,"date":"2026-01-16T16:47:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/icc-chairman-jay-shah-felicitates-lionel-messi-ahead-of-the-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:47:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:47:58","slug":"icc-chairman-jay-shah-felicitates-lionel-messi-ahead-of-the-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/icc-chairman-jay-shah-felicitates-lionel-messi-ahead-of-the-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC Chairman Jay Shah Felicitates Lionel Messi Ahead Of The ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>In a landmark moment for global sport, ICC Chairman Mr. Jay Shah met football legend Lionel Messi during his India Tour in New Delhi today marking a rare and symbolic crossover between two of the world\u2019s most followed sporting cultures. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Shah felicitated Messi with a Team India jersey, a signed cricket bat, and an invitational ticket to India\u2019s opening match at the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026, which will be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture reflects Mr. Shah\u2019s vision to expand cricket\u2019s global footprint and engage audiences beyond traditional boundaries, underscoring the sport\u2019s growing confidence in building cultural connections across disciplines.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/sports\/other-sports\/icc-chairman-mr-jay-shah-met-football-legend-lionel-messi-during-his-india-tour-in-new-delhi-today-1924058\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a landmark moment for global sport, ICC Chairman Mr. Jay Shah met football legend Lionel Messi during his India Tour in New Delhi today marking a rare and symbolic crossover between two of the world\u2019s most followed sporting cultures. Mr. Shah felicitated Messi with a Team India jersey, a signed cricket bat, and an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":885544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2190,144049],"tags":[6117,144047],"class_list":{"0":"post-885543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chairman","8":"category-felicitates","9":"tag-chairman","10":"tag-felicitates"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}