The ICC (International Cricket Council) announced the ICC tournament schedule of men's cricket for the next decade. Taking to Twitter to share the plan, ICC revealed that India would host three major tournaments in the upcoming decade. Moreover, cricket's governing body announced the Champions Trophy will return in 2025 and that Pakistan will host it.
The schedule has been revealed for the next cycle beginning in 2024. After the 2022 T20, World Cup in Australia and the 2023 50-over World Cup in India, the USA and the West Indies will host the 2024 T20 World Cup. In the following year, the caravan will travel to Pakistan to return the Champions Trophy and the return of ICC tournaments to Pakistan.
India and Sri Lanka, in 2016, will co-host the 2026 T20 World Cup, and in the next year, the 50-over World Cup will take place in Africa as Zimbabwe, Nambia, and South Africa will co-host the marquee event.
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The hosts of the 2015 World Cup, New Zealand, and Australia, will host another WC, this time, the T20 World Cup in 2028. The 2029 Champions Trophy will then be held in India.
Are you ready for the best-ever decade of men’s white-ball cricket?
— ICC (@ICC) November 16, 2021
Eight new tournaments announced 🔥
14 different host nations confirmed 🌏
Champions Trophy officially returns 🙌https://t.co/OkZ2vOpvVQ pic.twitter.com/uwQHnna92F
ICC events will return to the English coast after 15 years in 2030, like Ireland, England, and Scotland will co-host the T20 World Cup. And finally, rounding off the 10-year cycle will be the 2031 50-over World Cup and will take place in India and Bangladesh.
Sharing the news from his personal Twitter handle, Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ramiz Raja expressed immense joy.
"It's a matter of great delight and pleasure that Pakistan will be host ICC Champions Trophy 2025. This great news will surely excite millions of Pakistani fans, foreigner and world fans to see great teams and players in work and will allow the world to sample our hospitality."
