Bangladesh are among the 17 member nations of the International Cricket Council to have expressed their interest to arrange ICC tournaments, the organisation informed on Monday.
Eight men’s ODI and T20 events, comprising two ICC Men’s Cricket World Cups, four ICC Men’s T20 World Cups and two ICC Champions Trophies, will be staged within the 2024-2031 cycle.
Bangladesh Cricket Board’s media committee chairman Jalal Yunus informed The Business Post that they would bid for each of the eight events except for the T20 World Cups in 2024 and 2030.
“We will not be bidding for the 2024, 2030 T20 World Cup as these events will be in June, during the monsoon season. But we will be bidding for the other six. We will bid for arranging the Champions Trophy solely whereas we will jointly bid for the World Cups,” Jalal said.
Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hassan had earlier informed the media that hosting a World Cup on their own is impossible. So, they will be trying to co-host one of the World Cups alongside trying to host a Champions Trophy.
“We qualify for arranging the Champions Trophy. We have decided that we will bid for hosting the Champions Trophy individually,” he said.
Bangladesh previously hosted the T20 World Cup in 2014 and co-hosted the 2011 ODI World Cup with India and Sri Lanka.
ICC informed that the 17 nations interested to host ICC events in the 2023-2031 cycle were Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Namibia, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, UAE, USA and Zimbabwe.
“We are delighted with the response from our Messmbers to hosting ICC men’s white-ball events post 2023. This process gives us an opportunity to extend our range of hosts and grow interest in cricket worldwide, reaching more fans whilst creating a long-term legacy for the sport,” said ICC Acting Chief Executive Geoff Allardice.
