BCCI received a green signal from the ICC for hosting the high-profile event of the T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman owing to the Covid-19 situations in the country.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly said on Thursday that it would be a massive loss for the game if the ICC T20 World Cup was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last year and a half, competitions across all sports have been scrapped or postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic. The tournament has already changed venues a couple of times. Australia was first confirmed as the host country for the competition but it had to be shifted to India due to the pandemic. Recently, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has also announced that it would host the competition in the UAE due to the pandemic situation in India.
The former India captain said that these are exceptional circumstances due to which the T20 World Cup had to be canceled last year. He also said that if the same happens this time around then it would be a huge loss for cricket. Talking to the media, he then pointed out the important call of deciding to take the tournament to a safer place so that there was no further problems.
“These are exceptional circumstances. Last year’s World Cup got canceled. This year if again it gets canceled because of Covid, then it is a massive loss for the game. That is why it is being taken to a safer place,” Sourav Ganguly explained as reported by Times Now.
Ganguly also spoke about the cricket that is being played around the world at the moment. He said that there was no other alternative than to host the matches behind closed doors because allowing fans in the stadium would pose too much of an unnecessary risk. Pointing out the continuation of the game, Ganguly said that cricket would not stop. Currently, an Indian cricket squad is in England, while another is in Sri Lanka. These series will be followed by the Indian Premier League (IPL) and eventually, the T20 World Cup.
“Nothing can be done with this COVID-19 situation, so it is closed doors only. Cricket is obviously started, India is in England, then we will have IPL and then there is T20 World Cup. Cricket won’t stop and it will go on,” Ganguly said.
The BCCI received a green signal from the ICC for hosting the high-profile event of the T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman owing to the Covid-19 situations in the country. BCCI remains the host of the tournament and the matches will be held across the four venues in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Oman.
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