ICC confirms UAE, Oman will host T20 World Cup

• The primary spherical of the match shall be cut up between Oman, UAE.
• Video games within the United Arab Emirates shall be performed in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.
• The Oman Cricket Academy Floor is the fourth venue.

NEW DELHI: This 12 months’s Twenty20 World Cup, which was initially deliberate in India, will happen within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman from October 17th, the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) introduced on Tuesday, as India Struggling to comprise a surge in coronavirus infections.

“The primary spherical of the match, consisting of the eight qualifying groups, will now be cut up between Oman and the United Arab Emirates,” the ICC stated in an announcement.

“4 of those groups will then transfer into the Tremendous 12 spherical, the place they may participate within the eight computerized qualifiers.”

The UAE matches shall be performed in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, whereas the Oman Cricket Academy Floor would be the fourth venue.

Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Eire, Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia, Oman and Papua New Guinea will battle for 4 locations and be a part of the eight greatest groups within the Supers 12s section.

“Whereas we’re extremely disillusioned to not host the occasion in India, the choice to host the occasion in a rustic that may be a confirmed worldwide host of multi-team occasions in a biosecure setting,” stated the incumbent ICC CEO Geoff Allardice.

The UAE hosted the complete 2020 version of the Indian Premier League and also will host the ultimate stage of this 12 months’s IPL, which was suspended final month as a result of COVID-19 disaster in India. Abu Dhabi hosted this 12 months’s Pakistan Tremendous League ultimate.

The Indian cricket board BCCI introduced on Monday that the 16-team match can be relocated to the UAE. Regardless of the venue, the BCCI stays the official host of the World Championship, which can culminate on November 14th.

The ICC didn’t present full particulars of the schedule.

“We’d have been happier to host it in India, however given the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 state of affairs and the significance of a World Cup, BCCI will now proceed to host this match within the United Arab Emirates and Oman,” stated BCCI President Sourav Ganguly.

West Indies are the defending champions.