Kolkata: Ending weeks of speculation, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Monday that the T20 World Cup is being shifted from India to the UAE due to the COVID-19 situation.
“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,” BCCI president Sourav Ganguly was quoted as saying by PTI.
“The decision was taken keeping health safety concerns of all stakeholders in mind,” he added.
The tournament was scheduled to be held in India from October 18 to November 15. The BCCI wanted to wait till as long as possible before taking a call. Though the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is under control now, the possibility of a third wave influenced the decision to move the event out of India.
IPL-14, which had to be postponed midway in early May, will be completed in the UAE in September-October. The World Cup will be held after the IPL gets over.
The matches will be held in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. However, BCCI will remain hosts of the showpiece T20 meet.
Cuttack: Pankaj Lochan Mohanty on Sunday assumed charge as president of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). Mohanty,… Read More
Kolkata: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Eastern Railway (ER) claimed to have seized foreign… Read More
Bhubaneswar: Newly-appointed Odisha Congress president Bhakta Charan Das underwent a successful surgery for an injury… Read More
Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorm activity with lightning, gusty surface wind and hail may continue in Odisha till… Read More
Bhadrak: Police busted a sex racket operating from a hotel in Odisha's Bhadrak district late… Read More
New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) claimed to have scaled the highest point till… Read More
This website uses cookies.
