There would be a T20 Champions Cup in 2024 and 2028 and an ODI Champions Cup in 2025 and 2029, as proposed by the ICC. The International Cricket Council (ICC) plans to hold a T20 Champions Cup in the 2023-31 cycle.
The competition would have 48 matches contested for the top ten teams in the world. This is the same number of games that were played during the 50-over World Cup last year, according to ESPN Cricinfo.
According to the ICC’s proposal, there would be a T20 Champions Cup in 2024 and 2028 and an ODI Champions Cup in 2025 and 2029, alongside the T20 World Cups in 2026 and 2030, and the ODI World Cups in 2027 and 2031. The T20 Champions Cup can, however, be viewed as a World Cup.
Within the 2023-2031 period, full-member nations of the ICC were granted until March 15 to submit expressions of interest in bidding for global events.
This plan may not go well with the BCCI, Cricket Australia and ECB as previously these three boards expressed interest in having wide windows for bilateral cricket.
If these events are held as proposed by the ICC, then the window for holding bilateral series would come down significantly and may result in losses for the boards in question.
The apex cricketing council also plans to hold a Champions Cup for the women’s game, for both T20 and 50-over matches.
Under ICC bidding terms, the host nation would maintain ticketing, lodging, and catering revenues for each event, while the ICC would retain all other commercial and broadcast rights for each event.
