Amid Coronavirus outbreak, the sporting industry has been going through a rough patch. From football to cricket, every single tournament has either been postponed or canceled. Now, there are reports that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup that is slated to begin from October 18 in Australia will also get postponed due to the novel virus.

The last edition of the World T20 took place in 2016 that was won by West Indies. It is known that the showpiece event is held once in a span of two years. But, looking forward to the current scenario across the world, the chances are quite slim that the tournament will be held later this year.

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As per the reports, the T20 World Cup 2020 is likely to be postponed to the year 2022 as there is no playing window available in 2021. In December, Team India is scheduled to visit go on a tour to Australia followed by the Big Bash League (BBL) that is played during the summer. Also, the T20 World Cup can be taking place during March-April as the Indian Premier League (IPL) will take place in those months.

According to the ICC schedule, they were going to organize two back to back T20 World Cups. However, now, they will consider organizing two- showpiece events in a year. So, it is expected that the marquee event will get postponed for a year. It is already decided that the 2021 World Cup will be hosted by India. So, now Australia will get the opportunity to organize it in 2022.

Describing the same, one of the sources of Times of India said, “The question being internally discussed was to postpone it but there was no status quo on ‘until when?’ Well, India is scheduled to tour Australia in December. Early next year, Australia have their Big Bash scheduled.”

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He further added, “March would not be an ideal time (with IPL to begin in April) because the broadcaster won’t agree to back-to-back T20 events. India is anyway hosting the 2021 T20 World Cup. So, the ideal choice has to be 2022.”