2021 Champions Trophy might not take place, warns ICC arch executive
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LONDON: The Champions Trophy could be scrapped in foster of entertainment a World T20 any dual years, according to International Cricket Council (ICC) arch executive David Richardson.
Pakistan thrashed India by 180 runs to win this year’s book of a Champions Trophy during The Oval on Sunday, with a worldwide radio assembly of millions examination a overwhelming final.
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But some officials trust a eight-team eventuality is now too identical to a World Cup that a ICC, controversially, has motionless should be contested by only 10 teams from a 2019 eventuality in England.
India are due to theatre a subsequent Champions Trophy in 2021 though Richardson pronounced on Monday it was by no means certain a eventuality would go ahead, with a former South Africa wicketkeeper observant destiny World T20s could underline adult to 20 teams.
“What we wish to do is compute a tellurian events from any other so that they can be standalone and emanate limit seductiveness any time a eventuality happens,” Richardson told reporters around write on a eve of a ICC’s annual discussion in London.
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He added: “At this stage, a subsequent Champions Trophy is still scheduled for India in 2021. Whether that gets changed, a care has been given to changing to dual T20s in a four-year cycle that would meant swapping a Champions Trophy for a World T20.”
Talking about World T20s, Richardson reveals that a shorter format’s premier contest generates distant some-more interest. “The fact is that World T20s do attract a lot of interest, they beget poignant income for a radio companies, though many importantly from a indicate of perspective they yield us with an event to give some-more opportunities to some-more teams.
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“A 16-team World T20 — even a 20-team World T20 — down a line is something that we would like to demeanour at. With a 10-team World Cup we’re anticipating to boost a competitiveness of matches and a customary of a contest as a whole. It competence not be required to continue with dual 50-over tournaments going forward.”
This week’s ICC entertainment during The Oval is also set to confirm either to extend Test standing to Ireland and Afghanistan, with an proclamation approaching on Thursday.
“It’s never correct to try and make a call too early, though positively a applications of both are really good founded,” pronounced Richardson. “They both, on a face of it, accommodate a majority, if not all, of a full member criteria that has been set. I’m confident that they’ll be given critical care to have any possibility of succeeding.”
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