New Delhi: The ICC 2020 T20 World Cup which was slated to be held in Australia later this year, is all set to be postponed as the International Cricket Council (ICC) gears to meet with National Cricket Boards on 28th May and take a major decision with regard to staging the flagship T20 event in Australia.
As per sources placed closed to this development, ICC 's video conference over discussion on the postponement of T20 World Cup is set to take place tomorrow. It will start around 12 Noon (Dubai Time ) which corresponds to 1.30 PM (Indian Time).
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Cricket Australia, the national cricket board of Australia, which also serves as the organising committee has almost resigned on the prospect of hosting the premier event, scheduled to take place in Oct-Nov later this year. With the postponement of the World Cup almost a certainty, the options of hosting for the event could either be in 2021 or 2022.
With Australia's international borders closed till mid-September, incoming passengers requiring to undergo two-week quarantine and plenty more logistical issues facing ICC and Cricket Australia, the situation is not in favour of a 16-team tournament.
To explore the possibility of hosting the World T20 in 2021, Cricket Australia can only hope that the BCCI gives them an opportunity as it is originally slated to be held in India for that year.