According to the International Cricket Council’s Future Tours Programme (FTP), India are scheduled to tour Australia in December and host England for their last five world Test championship matches in early 2021. Sourav Ganguly, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said in an email to state associations: “The BCCI and the Indian cricket team will continue to fulfill its FTP commitments.
England’s original white-ball tour to India, slated to start next month, was a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The senior Indian men’s team will travel to Australia for its series starting in December this year, and will come back to the country for a series against England starting February next year,” Ganguly said in the letter seen by AFP.
The start date for this year’s edition of the IPL has been pushed back repeatedly due to the coronavirus pandemic and will now be held in the UAE.
After many delays, the 13th edition of the IPL, the world’s richest Twenty20 tournament, will now start on September 19 in the United Arab Emirates with the final on November 10.
Ganguly also confirmed the BCCI’s readiness to host the 2021 T20 World Cup, which was originally scheduled for Australia this year, and the 50-over showpiece event in 2023.
Australia will host the T20 World Cup in 2022.
