Its Official - ICC postpones T20 World Cup

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The ICC has postponed the 2020 men's T20 World Cup by a year due the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision to put off the tournament, which was originally scheduled to be held in Australia between October 18 and November 15, was taken by the ICC Board on Monday.

The Board has agreed to windows for three men's events, with T20 World Cups in October-November 2021 and October-November 2022. The 50-over men's World Cup is going to be played in October-November 2023. Significantly, the ICC did not announce where the two T20 World Cups will be played: in the original FTP, India was to host the event in 2021 and then the World Cup in 2023.

The announcement isn't a surprise given that Cricket Australia had reiterated more than once that it was going to be difficult to host the tournament during the pandemic with 16 teams taking part. After the then CA chief executive Kevin Roberts had said in May that it was a "very high risk" to conduct the tournament, the CA chairman Earl Eddings echoed that pessimism in June, saying it was "unlikely" and "unrealistic" when the pandemic was "spiking" worldwide.

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Official IPL schedule incoming!!!!