Dubai: The 2021 version of the Asia Cup will now be held in 2023 due to an absence of window in a rejigged cricket calendar that’s continuously topic to change amid an evolving COVID-19 state of affairs. This 12 months’s continental match was moved from Pakistan to Sri Lanka however rising circumstances in the island nation had led to its cancellation.
With all the massive 4 Asian sides having packed schedules till the tip of the 12 months, discovering a window for the match this 12 months would have been extraordinarily tough. The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) issued a press release in this regard.
“The Board has accordingly considered the matter very carefully and determined that the only way ahead would be to postpone the event. It would therefore only be feasible for this edition of the tournament to be held in 2023 as there is already an Asia Cup in 2022. Dates for the same will be confirmed in due course,” the ACC mentioned in the assertion.
This 12 months’s match would have been a T20 affair prior to the T20 World Cup in India later in October-November.
There has been no Asia Cup since 2018, with the match deliberate for 2020 additionally getting postponed due to the pandemic. India have gained the final two editions of the match.
“The ACC Executive Board, in face of the risks and restrictions posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, had made the difficult decision to postpone the Asia Cup 2020 to 2021. Since then, the ACC has been working with its participants and stakeholders to try and ensure that the event is held in the year. However, on account of a packed FTP, it has been concluded that there is no practical window in the year when all the teams would be available to participate,” the ACC mentioned in its assertion.
The match is normally held each two years. Â
