MUMBAI: A day after Britain and the United States imposed its strictest travel curbs on India after an explosion of coronavirus cases, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sent its list of nine venues selected to the ICC for hosting the 2021 Men’s T20 World Cup.
The venues are Ahmedabad (obviously), Bengaluru, Chennai, New Delhi, Dharamshala, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai. The venues were decided at the BCCI Apex Council meeting held recently and a final decision has been left with the ICC.
With a surge in COVID-19 cases forcing multiple states to impose strict lockdown, couple of full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) have expressed reservations about travelling to India given the severity of the pandemic at the moment.
The ICC, which runs the global tournaments, will take a decision on the final venues based primarily on the COVID-19 pandemic situation in India.
The 16-team tournament is scheduled to be played between October and November with November 13 being earmarked for the final, scheduled for India’s new cricket power centre Ahmedabad. ICC teams are likely to visit the venues to check the preparations towards the end of this April as India battles a second wave of Covid-19.
