The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) declared on Thursday that the current year’s Asia Cup, booked to be held in Pakistan in September, has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In an announcement, the ACC said that the official board met on different events to assess the effect of the pandemic on the competition.
“From the beginning, the board was enthusiastic about sorting out the competition according to the first timetable. Be that as it may, travel limitations, nation explicit isolate necessities, principal wellbeing dangers and social removing orders have acted like considerable difficulties to holding the competition.
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“Most importantly, the dangers identified with the wellbeing and security of taking an interest players, bolster staff, business accomplices, fans and the cricketing network were esteemed to be huge.”
It included that after cautiously thinking about these components, the board chose to delay the current year’s Asia Cup.
“Leading the occasion in a capable way remains the ACC’s need and the board is confident that the competition will be held in 2021,” the announcement stated, including that the committee was wanting to arrange the Twenty20 rivalry, which will highlight six nations including India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in June one year from now
In any case, the announcement explained that Sri Lanka will presently hold the rescheduled occasion while Pakistan will play have in 2022. “The hosts for the Asia Cup 2020, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), traded facilitating rights with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Through this course of action SLC will have the rescheduled occasion expected in June 2021 while the PCB will have the Asia Cup 2022.”
