India are dedicated to internet hosting England in February subsequent 12 months forward of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) season, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly mentioned. England’s authentic white-ball tour to India in September-October was a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. In keeping with the Worldwide Cricket Council’s Future Excursions Programme (FTP), India are scheduled to tour Australia in December and host England for his or her final 5 world Take a look at championship matches in early 2021. Ganguly, president of the BCCI, said in an email to state associations: “The BCCI and the Indian cricket group will proceed to fulfil its FTP commitments.
“The senior Indian males’s group will journey to Australia for its sequence beginning in December this 12 months, and can come again to the nation for a sequence in opposition to England beginning February subsequent 12 months,” Ganguly mentioned within the letter seen by AFP.
“This will likely be adopted by IPL 2021 in April (the conventional month for it to start out).”
After many delays, the 13th edition of the IPL, the world’s richest Twenty20 match, will now begin on September 19 within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the ultimate on November 10.
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Ganguly additionally confirmed the BCCI’s readiness to host the 2021 T20 World Cup, which was initially scheduled for Australia this 12 months, and the 50-over showpiece occasion in 2023.
Australia will host the T20 World Cup in 2022.
