On Tuesday, an ICC chief executive meeting took place to decide the future of ICC Men’s T-20 World Cup. The ICC mega event is scheduled to take place in Australia later this year. Reports suggest that the tournament set to be postponed this year. It is expected that India will remain the host for the next edition while Australia will now host the event in 2022.
Times of India quoted sources with, “The broadcasters will want the 2021 edition to be held in India. With no live cricket this year, the revenue cycles of the game have taken a huge hit. ICC’s principal revenue comes from broadcast rights. There’s no way the governing body can ignore their principal partners.”
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It is also reported that the tournament won’t be scheduled in the first half of 2021 or 2022. The sources were quoted saying, “The tournament cannot be held in February-March. Neither in 2021 nor 2022. It’ll have to be the October-November window.”
The report further mentioned how the majority of ICC’s FMCA members didn’t want the tournament to be organized in Feb-March. PCB’s chairman Ehsan Mani is the one who heads the Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee.
It quoted sources as saying “As chairman of the committee (FMCA) and as chairman of a board (PCB) who has to run a T20 league (Pakistan Super League) back in his country, it’s a practical call he had to take and it’s not wrong because it’s plain business. What’s worrisome is that those backed by India in the past, who went on to occupy exalted positions in the ICC have failed to protect their own country’s interests. Why? Because of a vote?”
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International Cricket Council chairman Shashank Manohar was expected to step down in June this year. However, he was expected might get a couple of months’ extension amid the Corona Crisis. In the meeting on Tuesday, the ICC’s board members have against giving Manohar an extension. This means the ICC will have fresh elections for the Chairman position.
