After Sourav Ganguly's Announcement, PCB Chief Mani Confirms Cancellation Of 2020 Asia Cup Due To Covid19 risk

The Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed that they have agreed upon hosting the multi-nation tournament in 2022 and Sri Lanka is now expected to host it next year following the cancellation of this year's edition.

PCB Chief Ehsan Mani

Hours after BCCI president Sourav Ganguly announced the cancellation of the 2020 Asia Cup T20 tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pakistan Cricket Bard confirmed about the development with the PCB Chief Ehsan Mani stating that the decision to cancel the tournament had been made on account of the worsening of the coronavirus The Pakistan Cricket Bard confirmed that they have agreed upon hosting the multi-nation tournament in 2022 and Sri Lanka is now expected to host it next year following the cancellation of this year's edition. Pakistan which had the hosting rights to stage the 2020 Asia Cup slated to be held in September this year gave away their rights to Sri Lanka to hold the the six-team continental event considering the alarming COVID-19 situation in the nation. "Asia Cup cancel ho chuka hai, jo September me tha (Asia Cup, which was to be held in September, has been cancelled)," Ganguly told 'sports tak' in an instagram live session. "The Asian Cricket Council is looking at organising it next year. It is too dangerous to host it this year We had swapped the event with Sri Lanka this year because it is one of the least affected (in South Asia) from the virus," the veteran administrator told PTI. Mani said there was no politics behind the postponement and the decision was taken purely on safety grounds. "We were originally going to host it but when I looked at the COVID situation in UAE and Pakistan and other South Asia countries, the only country which was ahead of the cycle was Sri Lanka and most likely to conduct the event. "So Sri Lanka Cricket and PCB discussed it, we put the swap proposal to the ACC and it was approved by the board. There was no politics, it was just for sake of preserving cricket and nothing else," Mani added.