The 2021 Asia Cup is in doubt as the Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) is likely to pull out from the tournament inorder to create space intheir international calendar for World Test Championship (WTC) final andbilateral series postponed last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic,reported *TheTimes of India*.
India is still in the race for the WTC final, which is expected to takeplace in mid-June this year at the Lord’s Cricket Ground.
The 2020 Asia Cup was postponed last year and moved to 2021 with the AsianCricket Council (ACC) working towards securing June 2021 as a suitablewindow for the tournament.
The aforementioned move is likely to upset the broadcasters as they wereanticipating a financial windfall due to the marquee clash between Indiaand Pakistan in Asia Cup. Hence, inorder to compensate the broadcasters,the BCCI is planning to reschedule their various postponed bilateral seriesfrom last year, as well as looking to host Sri Lanka for a possible series tomake up for the absence of a tournament like the Asia Cup.
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It may also be noted that the hosts for the Asia Cup 2020, Pakistan CricketBoard (PCB), had exchanged hosting rights for the tournament with Sri LankaCricket (SLC). Through this arrangement, The SLC will now host therescheduled Asia Cup expected in June 2021 while the PCB will host the AsiaCup 2022.
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