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BCCI President Sourav Ganguly announced on Wednesday, July 8, that the Asia Cup 2020 has been cancelled. The decision was originally expected to come after the Asian Cricket Council meeting on July 9.
In a conversation with journalist Vikrant Gupta on Instagram Live, Ganguly spoke about a variety of issues like the future of the IPL, Australia tour, ICC Chairmanship and gave important updates related to the same.
“Asia Cup has been cancelled. It’s difficult to say which will be India’s first international series. We’ve done our preparations but we can’t do much till we know the government rules. We are not in a hurry because the health of players is of the utmost importance. We are monitoring things monthly,” Ganguly said.
He didnt give any further details on the issue.

Earlier, the tournament was supposed to be hosted by Pakistan in UAE after India refused to travel to Pakistan. But later, Pakistan and Sri Lanka swapped hosting rights among themselves for the 2020 and 2022 events.
Ganguly also informed that the future of the ICC T20 World Cup will be clear in a few days.
“(If the T20 World Cup gets cancelled) then we will try everything to stage the IPL. It is very important for Indian cricket. We will try to host it in India. The cancellation of T20 World Cup will happen soon because all countries are asking for a direction from ICC. We’ll know by mid-July. My gut-feeling is saying it’s tough, ” the former Indian captain added.
“The ICC is trying their best to stage the T20 World Cup because that brings in a lot of revenue. We don’t have a window for IPL yet because we have to play in Australia in December. That’s FTP and we can’t change that. Australia is one country where, apart from Melbourne, things are returning to normal.”
Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.
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