India retains T20 World Cup in 2021, Australia to host in 2022

INDIA has retained the rights to host the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup while Australia have been asked to host the 2022 edition.

In another significant decision, the ICC also postponed the 2021 women’s ODI World Cup which was scheduled in New Zealand between February 6 and March 7, to 2022.

All these decisions were taken by the ICC Business Corporation, the business development wing of the ICC, which met virtually yesterday.

The 2021 event will be hosted in India between October-November next year, with the final scheduled on November 14. Australia, which was originally meant to host the 2020 edition, will now host the tournament in 2022 between October-November with the scheduled for November 13.

This women’s World Cup is the second global event the ICC has been forced to postponed in the last two months due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In July, the ICC Board had deferred the 2020 men’s T20 World Cup, scheduled in October-November in Australia this year to next year.

The board had given the nod to the ICC management to create fresh windows for the three marquee global events: the T20 World Cups in October-November 2021 and OctoberNovember 2022, and the ODI World Cup in October-November 2023, pushed back from its original March-April window. — cricinfo final