The International Cricket Council (ICC) have given the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) time till June 28 to take a name on whether or not it will host the marquee 2021 T20 World Cup in India amid the risk posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ICC Board met just about on Tuesday (June 1) with India being represented by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah. The T20 World Cup is due in October-November this 12 months.
The BCCI sought a month’s time and the ICC board unanimously agreed to give that for an in depth evaluation of the well being state of affairs within the nation, which has been left battered by a second wave of the raging pandemic.
Speaking to information company ANI, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly confirmed the identical. “We have time till June 28 to go back to the ICC on hosting of the T20 World Cup,” he mentioned.
If the BCCI is unable to host the occasion in India given the looming risk of a 3rd wave of the pandemic, the event will shift to the UAE after it will get executed with hosting the IPL, which is probably going to end on October 10. The ICC Board can also be doubtless to hold Oman’s Muscat because the back-up venue for the preliminary spherical video games of the upcoming version.
“The ICC Board has requested management focus its planning efforts for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 on the event being staged in the UAE with the possibility of including another venue in the Middle East,” an ICC launch mentioned. “A final decision on the host country will be taken later this month. The Board also confirmed that the BCCI will remain the hosts of the event regardless of where the event is played.”
The BCCI was additionally mulling a few extra home windows in 2022 in case October-November will not be possible in India however there may be little probability of that occuring. “The BCCI is very keen on organising a global tournament in India. They don’t want to let it go. But if you can read between the lines it will be very difficult to hold it in India if there is a third wave at the end of September. While the cases are on decline but still India is reporting more than 100k cases per day,” an ICC board member mentioned.
As of now, the possibilities of T20 World Cup taking place in India would not look very shiny and the one choice they’ve is to maintain it in Mumbai belt which has three grounds like Wankhede, Brabourne and DY Patil similar to the UAE.
However, the Pakistan crew enjoying in Mumbai might be a dangerous proposition and additionally the native state authorities Shiv Sena’s stand on the problem additionally wants to be factored in.
“The only option if it happens in India is to organise Pakistan’s group matches in Ahmedabad. There is no chance of nine-city tournament,” a BCCI supply mentioned.
