Sri Lanka Cricket not in place to host Asia Cup 2022, informs Asian Cricket Council: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has been knowledgeable that the Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) won’t be ready to host the multi-nation upcoming Asia Cup 2022 as a consequence of prevailing political and monetary turmoil within the nation.
The choice got here after Sri Lanka Cricket lately postponed the third version of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) as a result of ongoing disaster.
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The growth was confirmed by sources within the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
“Sri Lankan cricket has conveyed that due to the existing political and economic situation in their country especially where foreign exchange is concerned it is not an ideal situation for them to host such a mega-event of six teams on the island,” an ACC supply stated.
The six-nation event which will probably be held within the T20 format will now be staged in another venue. UAE is saved as a robust contender to host Asia Cup 2022, nevertheless, the ultimate choice is but to come back.
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The ACC is more likely to make an announcement on the identical within the subsequent few days. With the event being scheduled to be held in August-September, the ACC will speed up the method to organize another internet hosting nation.
“UAE is not the final replacement venue, it could be some other country, even India as the ACC, Sri Lanka cricket will first have to talk with Emirates Cricket Board officials to get final approval for the event,” the official stated.
Though Sri Lanka has been profitable in internet hosting the bilateral collection, multi-nation tournaments like Asia Cup contain an added problem of logistics. Moreover, international trade will probably be one other concern for the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board.
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