India will host multiple ICC events in next cycle as informed by the International Cricket Council today in their media statement. Taking to Twitter, ICC wrote, “The host nations for every major ICC men’s limited overs event between 2024 and 2031 have been confirmed.”
According to the release, India will host the men’s T20 World Cup in 2026 along with Sri Lanka. But ahead of that, USA and West Indies will get to host the men’s T20 World Cup followed by men’s Champions Trophy in Pakistan in 2025. ” In June 2024, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will go somewhere it has never been before, with USA hosting the event alongside the West Indies, which staged the tournament in 2010.”
It added, “Eight months later, in February 2025, Pakistan will host the Men’s Champions Trophy. It will be the first major global cricket tournament played in Pakistan since 1996 when it hosted the Men’s Cricket World Cup alongside India and Sri Lanka.”
In 2029 India will host the Champions Trophy after Australia and New Zealand stage T20 World Cup in 2028. The next big thing will be happening for Ireland and Scotland who will share the hosting duties with England for 2030 World T20. “In 2030, England will share T20 World Cup hosting duties with Ireland and Scotland. It will be the first time since 1999 that Ireland and Scotland have hosted a major global cricket event.”
The final scheduled event is a decade later men’s Cricket World Cup that will be hosted by India and Bangladesh in 2031. Meanwhile, “In October/November 2027, Namibia will host the Men’s Cricket World Cup for the first alongside Zimbabwe and South Africa. South Africa and Zimbabwe last staged the event in 2003.”
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