Great news for Indian cricket team fans,as ICC on its Annual Conference have awarded BCCI(The Board Of Control For Cricket In India) 3 major ICC Tournaments in next 10 Years.
India will be hosting ICC T20 World Cup For the first time in 2016 and 50 Over World Cup in 2023.Apart from these two tournaments World Champions India will also be hosting second edition of the ICC World Test Championship in 2021 in February/March. ICC Champions Trophy has been replaced by ICC Test Championship and the First Edition of ICC World Test Championship will be played in England/Wales in June/July 2017.
ICC on its official website announced that these tournaments are part of the 2015-2023 cycle, which also includes another 50-over World Cup, World Test Championship and World Twenty20, along with three Women’s World Cups, 3 Under-19 World Cups, 2 Women’s World Twenty20s and 4 qualifying tournaments.
Major ICC Events Which Will Be Played Between 2015-2023 Are As Follows:
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015-Australia
ICC World Twenty20 2016 – India
ICC World Test Championship 2017 – England/Wales
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 – England/Wales
ICC World Twenty20 2020 – Australia
ICC World Test Championship 2021 – India
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 – India
ICC on its Annual Conference have also decided that if full ICC members want to retain their Test Status then they will have to play a minimum of 16 Test matches in each four-year cycle.
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