ICC Events 2024 to 2031: Major Changes Made for upcoming Cricket World Cup 2027 & 2031, WTC Cup and other ICC Events
ICC Events 2024 to 2031 – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule for the next Future Tour Program (FTP). The council said that from 2024, 1-1 ICC event will be played in men’s and women’s formats every year. That is, from 2024 to 2031, there will be a total of 8-8 events in both the categories.
There will be a total of 27 ICC events from 2023 to 2031. At the same time, T20 World Cup is to be held this year and in 2022. That is, there will be a total of 29 ICC tournaments in the next 10 years.
The number of teams in the Men’s ODI and T20 World Cup has also been increased. Now 14 teams will play in ODI World Cup and 20 teams in T20 World Cup.
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The Men’s ODI World Cup will be played in the Super-6 format for the first time since 2003 in 2027. With this the Champions Trophy tournament has returned. In 2018, this tournament was canceled and the T20 World Cup was added in its place. This tournament will be played in the next FTP in 2025 and 2029.
Men’s Champions Trophy
Top 8 teams will participate in the Champions Trophy.
There will be a total of 15 matches in this.
There will be 2 groups of 4 teams each.
Top 4 teams will reach the semi-finals and then the final will be played.
Men’s T20 World Cup
To be held in India this year and Australia next year.
After this this tournament will be played in 2024.
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There will be 20 teams and a total of 55 matches will be played.
After this this tournament will be played in 2026, 2028 and 2030.
From 2024 there will be 4 groups of 5 teams in the World Cup.
The top 2 teams from each group will advance to the Super-8, which will be a knockout stage.
This will be followed by semi-finals and finals.
In 2014 it was played in group level.
In 2016, the T20 World Cup was held in the Super-10 format.
Men’s ODI World Cup
The ODI World Cup will be played in 2027 and 2031.
There will be 14 teams and 54 matches will be played.
The round robin format has also been removed.
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Now again the tournament will be played in the format of Super-6.
The last time the 2003 World Cup was played in this format.
2 groups of 7-7 teams will be formed. This will be followed by Super-6 matches.
Then the semi-finals and final will be played.
The Test Championship Final
will be held every 2 years from 2025. The World Test Championship, which started in 2018, had suffered a lot due to Corona in the current FTP.
This tournament will be held every 2 years in the next FTP. The WTC Finals will be played in 2025, 2027, 2029 and 2031.
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However, the qualification process for this will be the points percentage or the points system, it has not been told by the ICC yet. Whatever the process, only the 2 teams that top the table will compete in the final.
The ICC is also committed to women’s cricket, along with this, the ICC also expressed its commitment to women’s cricket. According to the schedule, the Women’s T20 World Cup will be held every 2 years i.e. 2024, 2026, 2028 and 2030. At the same time, the ODI World Cup will be played in 2025 and 2029 and the Women’s T20 Champions Trophy series in 2027 and 2031.
The number of teams in women’s events will increase after 2025
In the 2024 T20 World Cup, 10 teams will play a total of 23 matches.
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From 2026, the number of teams in this tournament will increase to 12. With this 33 matches will be played.
The 2025 Women’s One Day World Cup will consist of 8 teams and 31 matches. In 2029 the number of teams will be 10 and a total of 48 matches will be played.
Women’s Champions Trophy will consist of 6 teams and 16 matches will be played.
The ICC has also released the schedule regarding Under-19, while the Under-19 teams also have to play a lot of tournaments from 2024 to 2031. The Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup will be held in 2024, 2026, 2028 and 2030. At the same time, the Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup will be played in 2025, 2027 and 2029.
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The process of hosting will start from September, the ICC said that the decision of the host of all men’s, women’s and under-19 tournaments for the next cycle will start from September.
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The hosts for the ICC Men’s events will be decided in September and the selection process will start from this month. At the same time, the host decision for the Women’s and Under-19 events will start from November. An associate country can also present a challenge for this.
What did the acting CEO of ICC say?
ICC Acting Chief Executive Geoff Allardyce said in an official release that releasing the ICC schedule by 2031 is an important step for cricket. Accordingly, we will be able to prepare a strategy for the next decade.
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Host selection will help us promote the game and engage new fans. There are fewer countries to host ICC events in Mens. This is because many countries do not have infrastructure. At the same time, women’s cricket and under-19 cricket can be popularized in associate countries.
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