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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which was originally slated to host the 2020 Asia Cup, has swapped the hosting rights of the mega event with the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Sri Lanka, originally slated to host the tournament in 2022, has now handed over the rights of that tournament to Pakistan.
The Asian Cricket Council is expected to approve the decision later this month and also decide the future of this year’s edition.
Among the countries which can potentially host the Asia Cup, only the island nation has controlled the coronavirus pandemic efficiently with only 1.9K cases of COVID-19 reported as of 13th June 2020.
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Sri Lanka last hosted the Asia Cup way back in 2010 and will relish the opportunity to host a six-nation tournament if the event goes ahead in September. There are clouds over the future of this year’s edition, which was considered as the appetiser for the lucrative ICC T20 World Cup.
Also, hosting a multinational tournament will require more medical arrangement with SOPs in place as cricket will resume post the enforced COVID-19 break.
Earlier, the Indian Cricket team cancelled its tour of 3 ODIs and as many T20Is to Sri Lanka as both the boards decided against having the tour. The Bangladesh Cricket team is expected to travel to Sri Lanka in July.
Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.
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