MUMBAI: If the tax exemption issue between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Indian government is not sorted out, then India may lose the hosting rights of the Champions Trophy 2021, the ICC has indicated.
“The board expressed their concern around the absence of a tax exemption from the Indian government for ICC events held in India despite ongoing efforts from both the ICC and BCCI to secure the exemption which is standard practice for major sporting events around the world,” the ICC stated Friday after its first board meeting of the year.
“The board agreed that ICC management, supported by the BCCI will continue the dialogue with the Indian government but in the meantime directed ICC management to explore alternative host countries in a similar time zone for the ICC Champions Trophy 2021,” world cricket’s governing body further stated.
The last ICC India hosted was the World Twenty20 in 2016. However, then also the government declined to give tax exemption.
