Shah was the secretary of the BCCI from October 2019 to December 2024 and has since taken over as the chairman of the ICC. During his tenure at the BCCI, India won two U-19 Men’s World Cups, two U-19 Women’s World Cups, finished runners-up twice in the ICC World Test Championship, were runners-up in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, and won two ICC Men’s T20 World Cup titles as well as the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025, besides several trophies at the continental level.