Former India captain, as well as the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, has confirmed on Monday, that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which was originally scheduled to take place in India, has now shifted to the UAE. He has announced it while talking to the news agency PTI. Notably, the marquee event is slated to be held in October-November.

“We have officially intimated the ICC that the T20 World Cup can be shifted to the United Arab Emirates. The details are being chalked out,” Ganguly said.

While there were speculations that the event might take place in the UAE amid the crunch time of COVID-19 in India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had earlier asked for more time from the International Cricket Council (ICC) before deciding anything about the event. And, ICC too gave them a month’s time to take a call on whether they can host the mega event in India during this time.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Indian Premier League games of this season will also take place in the UAE which earlier postponed after several players and support staffs got affected by the deadly virus. Now, the league will be played during the September-October window as well. However, BCCI secretary Jay Shah had earlier shared that the board was about to inform the ICC about their decision of shifting the event to the UAE and ICC will decide the dates as well.

“We will inform the International Cricket Council today that we are shifting T20 World Cup to UAE. Dates will be decided by the ICC,” Shah told news agency ANI. “Due to the COVID-19 situation in our country, we may shift the tournament to UAE. We are monitoring the situation closely, the health and safety of players are paramount we will take a final call soon.”