Cricket fraternity reacts to the postponement of T20 World Cup 2020

ICC made the inevitable call during the IBC Board meeting on July 20.

By Salman Anjum - 21 Jul, 2020

ICC Men's T20 World Cup won't happened this year due to COVID-19 pandemic | AFP The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday (July 20) confirmed that the Men's T20 World Cup will not take place this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

During the IBC Board meeting (the commercial subsidiary of the ICC), the apex body made the inevitable call to postpone the showpiece event.

According to a media release by the ICC, the board members have also decided the windows to conduct the next three men's global cricket events.

The windows for the Men’s events are:

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be held October – November 2021 with the final on 14 November 2021

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will be held October – November 2022 with the final on 13 November 2022

ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 will be held in India October – November 2023 with the final on 26 November 2023

Australia was slated to host the T20 World Cup 2020 from October 18 to November 15. And now it is speculated that the BCCI will use this window to accommodate the 13th edition of Indian Premier League, which currently remains suspended until further notice.

As soon as the news broke out, cricket experts took to Twitter to share their views on it.

Here are the reactions:

It was inevitable. The #ICCT20WorldCup has been postponed. Taking 15 teams to one country, handling quarantine and all that comes with it was always going to be impossible to manage.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 20, 2020

Reports coming ICC postpones T20 World Cup, window for IPL opens up....
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 20, 2020

Sad! pic.twitter.com/F1bIg2cJUO
— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) July 20, 2020

The inevitable announcement finally made. World T20 postponed. Door opens for @IPL which will now surely go ahead. And post that India will travel to Aus for a milestone series as @SGanguly99 says.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) July 20, 2020

T20 World Cup postponed. Another world sporting event bites the dust in 2020. ICC could only delay the inevitable....Three ICC events in next three years. Two in India. While ICC has announced the dates, they haven’t mentioned the host country for the next two T20 World Cups.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 20, 2020

Oops.. but understandable ????#T20worldcup #T20WC
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) July 20, 2020

Cricket fraternity reacts to the postponement of T20 World Cup 2020

ICC made the inevitable call during the IBC Board meeting on July 20.

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