The International Cricket Council announced that India will host the T20 World Cup as planned in 2021, while Australia will now host the tournament in 2022.
India On Friday, India reserved the right to host the 2021 T20 World Cup while Australia will hold the postponed edition of this year in 2022, the International Criminal Court announced after its board of directors meeting, to straighten out the schedule that has seen vertical flux due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year's edition had to be postponed due to the outbreak of the pandemic that has severely affected all sporting calendars globally.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed that the 2020 T20 World Cup, which has been postponed due to COVID-19, will be held in Australia in 2022. India will host the 2021 T20 World Cup as expected, the International Criminal Court said in a statement. newspaper the press release.
The world body also confirmed that the Women's World Cup, which is to be held in New Zealand next year, has been postponed until February and March 2022 due to the impact of the epidemic on cricket globally.
Manu Sawhney, Chief Executive of the International Criminal Court, said: “We now have complete clarity about the future of the ICC events to enable all of our members to focus on rescheduling lost international and domestic cricket.
"We will now continue as planned with the 2021 T20 Men's World Cup in India and hosting the 2022 edition in Australia."
The shape of the 2021 T20 World Cup will remain the same as it was for 2020 and all the teams that qualified for the event will now participate in India in 2021.
A new qualification process for the 2022 edition will begin in Australia. PTI said on May 7 that India will host the 2021 edition and the Australian version will be pushed through to 2022.
A member of the International Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors told PTI: “The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry has never been keen to host the 2022 event which means that it had to host back-to-back ICC events including the 50th World Cup in 2023. This was not an option. Applicable. " Conditions of anonymity.
However, it was a major setback for the women's game with the long-awaited World Cup being postponed by a year.
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