BCB has shown interest to host the T20 World Cup
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||CF Correspondent||
Bangladesh Cricket Board eyeing to bid to acquire rights of hosting one of the two ICC WorldTwenty20 tournament that is scheduled to take place during the new eight-year cycle of ICC events.
As per Bangladesh Cricket Board [BCB] officials the ICC is moving out from its traditional cycle policy based on continent for selecting hosts and introduces a system of awarding the events through a bidding process from the new cycle starting from 2024.
According to the new eight year cycle of ICC events there will two editions of ICC World Cup and two editions of T20 WC and according to sources close to the development cricketing superpowers are eyeing to bid for the traditional ICC World Cup, biggest 50-over global tournament.
ICC asked their member countries to participate in the bidding process to host these global tournaments with the deadline ending on March 15.
BCB officials insisted that they made a written application (expression of interest) to be part of the bidding for the T20 WC’s and each country will receive six months of presentation time and based upon that allocation will awarded through following a very transparent process.
‘’We will try to get two big events. We will not go after the One-Day World Cup because at least 10 venues will be needed to host the ODI World Cup. We don't have that amount of infrastructure,’’ BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said after confirming they had completed the formalities by producing their express of interest to ICC.
According to the draft, the ODI and T20 World Cup will be happen after four years period. The ongoing FTP slot will be end with the one-day World Cup 2023. India will host the next one-day World Cup single-handedly
Then the next FTP will be started with the Women's One day Champions Cup. The world cricket’s highest regulatory body has proposed a one-year tournament for boys' cricket in conjunction with the ODI and T20 Champions Cup. However, the ODI World Cup will be in 2027 and 2031 years.
The two Twenty20 World Cups will be in 2024 and 2028 in eight years slot. BCB wants to be the host of the 24 or 28's T20 World Cup. Get at least one of the four tournaments of the ODI and T20 Championship Cup. The Women and Youth World Cup is easily available as part of the ICC's development program. The BCB CEO thinks a tournament can be taken from this too.
ICC CEO Manu Sawhney and Head of Marketing Campbell Jamieson arrived in Dhaka in January to give BCB an idea about the tournaments. They have also learned about the interests and facilities of Bangladesh. Earlier, a company surveyed the cricket market in Bangladesh. All in all, after India, England and Australia, Bangladesh is ahead to host the global tournaments.
