On Friday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that they have renamed the ICC World T20 as the ICC T20 World Cup. This means next editions of the events in 2020 in Australia will be known as the ICC Women’s and Men’s T20 World Cup 2020.

The renaming decision is aligned to the Global Cricket Strategy which will be launched in early 2019, in which the shortest format will not only be used as the platform to globalize the game, but to also enhance its profile and status and ensure its status is at par with the pinnacle events of the other two formats. The decision also aimed at cementing the importance this event holds in the international cricket calendar and ensuring parity across formats. The decision to rename the event was backed by international captains, while South Africa’s Faf du Plessis announced that the event in the last quarter of 2020 in Australia will be his final ICC event.

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Australia men’s captain Aaron Finch, whose country will play host to the two events in 2020, said: “It’s exciting for Australia to be hosting both the ICC Women’s and Men’s T20 World Cup in 2020.”

The ICC Board had already approved that all T20s between its Members will be granted T20I status. It then introduced a regional qualification process that provides a pathway to all its 104 Members with an opportunity to play and win the World Cup.

Describing the same, the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli said: “I’m really excited for the opportunity to be part of the T20 World Cup in Australia. The pinnacle event for T20 cricket is the World Cup. India won the first edition of the World T20 in 2007 and it would be a great moment to hold the T20 World Cup trophy aloft in Australia.”