T20 World Cup to return to Asia in 2026; India and Sri Lanka to jointly host the 9th edition of the tournament
T20 World Cup to return to Asia in 2026: India and Sri Lanka have been granted the rights to host the Twenty20 World Cup in 2026. This will mark the continent’s return as the T20 World Cup’s traditional home. Wednesday was the day when the ICC made the monumental pronouncement (August 17).
The Twenty20 World Cup was most recently hosted in India in 2016 and again in 2020 (because of COVID-19, the competition was played in the United Arab Emirates in 2021), and Sri Lanka will be hosting the tournament for the first time since 2012.
The event will be co-hosted by two nations for the second time when it is held in this region. The Twenty20 competition is slated to take place in 2024 in both the United States of America and the West Indies. This will be the first time that the rights to hold an event are shared between two countries.
In 2012, India competed in the tournament and advanced to the second round, although they were eliminated before reaching the semifinals.
In 2016, India was eliminated by West Indies in the semifinals of the tournament. 2007 was the year that the event was won by the Men in Blue. In addition, Sri Lanka is a team that has won the tournament once before, accomplishing this feat in 2014.
ICC cycle
In the upcoming ICC cycle, India is scheduled to play host to a number of ICC events. The second iteration of the 50-over World Cup will take place entirely in India for the second time in 2023. India is scheduled to play host to the Women’s 50-over World Cup in the year 2025. The Champions Trophy is scheduled to take place in India in the year 2029.
In another piece of news, it has been established that India will compete in five-match Test series against both England and Australia in the cycle that will take place between 2023 and 2027. In addition to this news, it was revealed that India and Afghanistan will play each other in a one-off test match. In 2018, Afghanistan played India for the first time in the Test format.
Jay Shah, the Secretary for the BCCI, was quoted as saying, “I want to take this opportunity to congratulate all my colleagues at the CEC for the historic Women’s FTP – the first of its kind and the continued spirit of partnership to conclude the Men’s FTP which provides certainty to all the members to develop their cricketing eco-systems as well as commercial programmes around their own calendars.”