BCCI: T20 World Cup may be restricted to five venues

As per convention, ICC keeps a backup country ready and it’s been the UAE for the past one year.

The BCCI is confident that India will host the T20 World Cup in October as per schedule despite a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country but the marquee ICC event could be held in five cities instead of the originally nine short-listed venues. As per convention, ICC keeps a back-up country ready and it’s been the UAE for the past one year.

The IPL is currently on at different venues in separate bio-secure environments but BCCI will face perhaps its biggest test of managing a big-ticket ICC tournament in adverse circumstances.

“We are still hopeful that with five months left and significant population being vaccinated, we will be in a position to host the T20 World Cup. Yes, one of the options could be curtailing the nine venues to a maximum four or five,” a senior BCCI office-bearer said.

An ICC spokesperson told PTI that shifting the tournament to the UAE is not being considered at this stage.

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