London: Happy news to all the Indians as they will get a chance to witness the two spectacular events of cricket, The World Twenty20 in 2016 and 50-over World Cup in 2023 in their home land.
It was a double bonanza for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as it would host the World Twenty20 for the first time, in 2016 and 50-over World Cup in 2023.
The BCCI was awarded the two events during the International Cricket Council (ICC) Annual Conference that ended here Saturday. India was represented by interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya, also a former ICC president.
During the conference, the ICC finalised its global events from 2015 to 2023 and decided that full members have to play a minimum of 16 Tests over a four-year period to retain their Test status.
The ECB will also host the 2019 World Cup and Cricket Australia (CA) got the hosting rights of the 2020 World Twenty20.
The ICC Board supported the strategy of ensuring an optimum balance between the three formats of the game – especially Test cricket.
To ensure that all ODIs played over the four-year cycle between ICC Cricket World Cups count towards a teams ranking, the ICC Board agreed to change the ODI rankings period from three years to four years.
For the sake of consistency, the ICC Board also agreed to change the calculation of the T20 rankings to cover the same period.
Meanwhile, the ICC also reviewed an inspection report by the ICC Venue Consultant on the venues for the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 and expressed its concern regarding the progress of construction and improvements to playing facilities in Coxs Bazar and Sylhet.
The Board noted that a further inspection and report is scheduled for August after which a final decision will be taken on the venues for the event.
Afghanistan was confirmed as the 37th Associate Member of the ICC while Romania was accepted as an Affiliate Member.
