Asia Cup 2020 cancelled, ACC confirms
Dubai: Amid COVID-19 outbreak, the 2020 edition of the Asia Cup has been cancelled, the organizers confirmed on Thursday.
The announcement ended weeks of all speculations.
"From the onset the Board was keen on organising the tournament as per the original schedule. However, travel restrictions, country-specific quarantine requirements, fundamental health risks and social distancing mandates have posed as substantial challenges to the holding of the Asia Cup. Above all, the risks related to health and safety of participating players, support staff, commercial partners, fans and the cricketing community were deemed to be significant," Asian Cricket Council said in a statement.
"Accordingly, the Board, after careful consideration of all the above factors, has determined that the Asia Cup 2020 be postponed," it said.
The board said it is currently working towards securing June 2021 as a suitable window for the same.
" Conducting the event in a responsible manner remains the priority of the ACC and the Board is hopeful that the tournament will be held in 2021," the council said.
"It may also be noted that the hosts for the Asia Cup 2020, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has exchanged hosting rights for the tournament with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Through this arrangement, the SLC will now host the rescheduled Asia Cup expected in June 2021 while the PCB will host the Asia Cup 2022," it said.
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