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ICC gives BCCI 28 June deadline: BCCI mulls a couple of more windows in 2022

01 Jun 2021

[caption id="attachment_140044" align="alignleft" width="407"] The ICC board met virtually on Tuesday (1 June) with India being represented by BCCI President Sourav Ganguly (seen here on left) and Secretary Jay Shah (right) with the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup trophy[/caption]  

BCCI may retain the hosting rights in that scenario. The BCCI is also mulling a couple of more windows in 2022 in case October-November is not feasible in India.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has given the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) time till 28 June to take a call on whether it would host the marquee T20 World Cup in India amid the threat posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The ICC board met virtually on Tuesday (1 June) with India being represented by BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah.

The T20 World Cup is due in October-November this year. As reported by the Press Trust of India (PTI), the BCCI sought a month’s time and the ICC board unanimously agreed to give that for a detailed assessment of the health situation in the country, which has been left battered by a second wave of the raging pandemic.

May shift to UAE

“Yes, the ICC board has agreed to BCCI’s request and they will have time till 28 June to decide on hosting the T20 World Cup in India. They will come back to the board next month with a concrete plan,” a source close to the ICC Board had told PTI on Tuesday.

If the BCCI is unable to host the event in India given the looming threat of a third wave of the pandemic, the tournament will shift to the UAE after it gets done with hosting the IPL, which finishes likely on 10 October.

BCCI may retain the hosting rights in that scenario. The BCCI is also mulling a couple of more windows in 2022 in case October-November is not feasible in India.

Tax waiver being discussed with Indo Govt.

“The BCCI is very keen on organising a global tournament in India. They don’t want to let it go. There are two more windows that are being explored by the ICC board. One is February 2022 but then it could coincide with ICC Women’s 50 over World Cup. So this could be a bit tricky,” an ICC board member said.

“The other option that BCCI has is to try out in June just after the next IPL but then you have to find a cluster of cities where monsoons won’t hit at that time. Also in four months, can you have another T20 World Cup in Australia?” the ICC board member questioned.

It is also learnt that BCCI has stated that the waiver of Indian Rs. 900 crore (SL Rs. 24.3 billion) tax for the said event is being discussed with the government and the board will be kept updated about any developments.

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