BCCI gets England, Australia, NZ on its side against hosting future ICC events: Report

International Cricket Council (ICC) set March 15 as a deadline date for all member nations to submit ir Expression of Interest (EOI) of hosting ICC events between 2023 and 2031. However, ne of respective boards from India, Australia or England responded to same and declined to bid for hosting rights of any ICC event that falls within aforementioned cricketing calendar. Additionally, respective boards from South Africa and New Zealand became latest member countries to join Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in opposing apex cricketing body.

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BCCI forms alliance as ‘Big 5’ oppose ICC

According to a report in an England-based news ncy, Pakistan and West Indies are only ICC member nations who have come forward with an EOI. A report in Times of India indicates that BCCI officials including President Sourav Ganguly and or top board members are t happy with ICC’s proposal of staging future ICC events. report also cited reasons as to why major cricket boards are keeping away from staging any ICC event in near future.

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summary indicated that BCCI along with all or full member boards want ICC to come up with entire international bilateral series schedule before finalising any major event. major member countries seemingly do t want to host any ICC World Cup tournament without confirming kwledge of entire bilateral Test, ODI and T20I tours set to be held in same period. Headed by BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), certain countries are also opposing ICC’s idea of staging a global event every year. According to a detailed report in Times of India, regular multi-nation tournaments could potentially decrease value of winning prestigious quadrennial 50-overs World Cup event.

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IPL 2020 and ICC T20 World Cup updates

Meanwhile, highly-anticipated IPL 2020 was recently postponed by BCCI in wake of contagious coronavirus pandemic. entire international schedule is currently halted as several countries are under lockdown. ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to be std later this year in Australia, also looks clouded with much uncertainty due to coronavirus outbreak.

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