2021 Asia Cup postponed to 2023 because of packed agenda

The 2021 version of the Asia Cup will now be held in 2023 because of a loss of window in a rejigged cricket calendar this is continuously topic to switch amid an evolving COVID-19 scenario.

This yr’s continental event used to be moved from Pakistan to Sri Lanka however emerging instances within the island country had ended in its cancellation.

With the entire giant 4 Asian facets having packed schedules till the tip of the yr, discovering a window for the event this yr would had been extraordinarily tricky.

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) issued a remark on this regard.

“The Board has accordingly regarded as the topic very in moderation and made up our minds that the one means forward could be to delay the development.

“It will due to this fact handiest be possible for this version of the event to be held in 2023 as there’s already an Asia Cup in 2022. Dates for a similar might be showed in the end,” the ACC mentioned within the remark.

This yr’s event would had been a T20 affair previous to the T20 Global Cup in India later in October-November.

There was no Asia Cup since 2018, with the event deliberate for 2020 additionally getting postponed as a result of the pandemic. India have gained the closing two editions of the event.

“The ACC Govt Board, in face of the dangers and restrictions posed by means of the COVID-19 pandemic, had made the tricky determination to delay the Asia Cup 2020 to 2021. Since then, the ACC has been running with its members and stakeholders to check out and make sure that the development is held within the yr.

“On the other hand, as a result of a packed FTP, it’s been concluded that there is not any sensible window within the yr when the entire groups could be to be had to take part,” the ACC mentioned in its remark.

The event is normally held each and every two years.