Why ICC have planned T20 World Cups in consecutive years in 2020 and 2021

Dixit Bhargav | 26/08/2019
Why ICC have planned T20 World Cups in consecutive years in 2020 and 2021

ICC have planned T20 World Cups in consecutive years: Cricket fans are super excited for what lies ahead for them in 2020 and 2021.

There is no hiding to the fact that the recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 was a successful events on several aspects. While rain played spoilsport in few matches initially, things improved drastically towards the business end of the tournament.

As far as the final match between England and New Zealand at Lord’s is concerned, not many would disagree with the fact that the match will be remembered as one of the most intriguing ODIs played ever.

The craze of the quadrennial event has forced people to look forward to other ICC events now. Albeit in its early stage, the inaugural ICC World Test Championship has also given signs of being an intensely-fought tournament. Given all that has happened in the tournament in the last 24 hours or so, one can only wait for more such matches.

ICC have planned T20 World Cups in consecutive years

As far as the limited-overs ICC events are considered, the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup will be played in Australia next year. Starting on October 18, the final of the tournament will be played on November 15 at MCG in Melbourne.

In the past, ICC had announced regarding conducting only one T20 World Cup in a four-year period. With the last one been played in India in 2016, the next one seems to fit perfectly in the guidelines.

Having said that, the same might not be the case in 2021 as ICC have scheduled another T20 World Cup to be played in India. It will not be the first time two T20 World Cups are being played in consecutive years. Back in 2009 and 2010, the ICC had organised two World Twenty20s in England and West Indies respectively.

A major reason behind the same happening again is because ICC have once again scrapped the ICC Champions Trophy. Slated to be played in India in 2021, the eight-team tournament has been replaced by a 16-team T20 World Cup.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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