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Cricket’s Big 3 – Australia, England, and India have shared all the International Cricket Council (ICC) events from 2016 to 2023 among themselves. But this rule will no longer exist after that and from the cycle 2024 to 2031 the hosting country will be decided through the bidding process. To keep that in mind BCB is eying to host some of those events alone, confirmed the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon.
On Saturday, ICC’s CEO Manu Sawhney and commercial manager Campbell Jamieson reached Dhaka for a small trip to discuss on this particular issue. They had a brief discussion with BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon and later held a meeting with Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. After the meeting, BCB president informed the media that Bangladesh will bid to host several ICC tournaments as the international cricket council will organize 24 events during this period. That means Bangladesh most likely to bid for 50-over world cups 2027 and 2031. Previously Bangladesh successfully hosted 1998 ICC champions’ trophy and 2016 youth world cup alone.
“The new bidding cycle includes the World Cup, Champions Trophy… everything. Bangladesh will obviously bid as we have the advantage which associate nations do not have when it comes to infrastructure. For the men’s World Cup, a host needs to have eight stadiums, which many of the associate nations do not have. So, most of the Test playing nations do not require infrastructural development help from the government,” Nazmul Hassan papon said to the reporters.
