Cricket / BCCI Secretary Jay Shah On T20 World Cup Scheduled In UAE Due To Covid 19

Cricket | The threat of Corona has started looming over the T20 World Cup to be hosted by India this year. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah said that it may be difficult to conduct the T20 World Cup in India due to Corona. In such a situation, this tournament can be shifted to UAE.

Jay Shah told the news agency that due to the Corona epidemic in the country, the T20 World Cup can be shifted from India to the UAE. We are keeping a close watch on these situations. The safety and health of our players is of utmost importance to us. A decision regarding the tournament will be taken soon.

T20 World Cup can be held in UAE from October 17

At the same time, according to the cricket website ESPN Cricinfo, this year both the remaining matches of the IPL and the T20 World Cup after that can be held in the UAE. IPL can be held from 19 September to 15 October. A day after this i.e. from October 17, the T20 World Cup can be played. The title match of this 16-team tournament can be held on November 14.

According to the plan, the first round of the T20 World Cup will be played between 8 teams in two groups. There will be 12 matches in this. Out of these 4 teams (Top-2 teams of both the groups) will qualify for Super-12. These 8 teams are Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia, Oman and Papua New Guinea. The matches of both these groups can be held in UAE and Oman.

Super-12 will have 30 matches

The Super-12 round is likely to start from October 24. In this round there will be 12 teams in 2 groups, which will play a total of 30 matches. All these matches can be played in three venues Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. Of the 12 teams, 4 will be the first round qualifiers and the rest will be the top-8 teams in the ICC World Rankings. This will be followed by three playoff matches, with two semi-finals and one final.

Anticipation of third wave of Corona at the end of the year, so IPL and World Cup difficult

The IPL, which started in India due to Corona, was also suspended midway on 4 May. There are still 31 matches left in this, which can only be held in the UAE in the September-October window. Due to the suspension of IPL, now it is also difficult to have a World Cup in India. For this ICC tournament, the Indian board had selected 9 venues in India for the T20 World Cup, which was to be inspected by the ICC, but it canceled its tour of India in April.