Fri. Mar 29th, 2024
T-20 World Cups

ICC has decided to shift the dates of the World Twenty20 Championship’s seventh edition to 2020 instead of next year as the top member nations will be busy with bilateral series in 2018. However, the venue is still not decided.

Accordin to an ICC source,”Yes, it is true that we are skipping with World T20 edition in 2018. Look, no venue was decided. The primary reason is there are too many bilateral series happening between member nations. It was not possible to schedule the tournament in 2018.”

“Yes, the tournament will return in 2020. It could be South Africa or Australia. The other reason apart from the bilateral series was that with too many ICC events on the anvil, the member nations were also of the view that with too many ICC events on the anvil, the member nations were also of the view that it needed to be spaced out,” the source further added.

Previous ICC World T20s have been held in South Africa (2007), England (2009), West Indies (2010), Sri Lanka (2012), Bangladesh (2014), India (2016).

Talking about the schedule of the Indian team next year, men in blue are set to be on the road for the better part of next year starting with South Africa tour, followed by series against England and Australia respectively.

By Naman