bcci: ICC Meet: BCCI to host 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup, FTP for next five years finalised

India will host the Women’s 50-over World Cup in 2025 as the BCCI successfully bids for the mega event during the ICC Annual Conference concluded on Tuesday.

The ICC’s flagship event will mark a return to the country after more than a decade.

The last time a women’s 50-over World Cup was held in India was in 2013 when Australia emerged champions after beating West Indies by 114 runs in the final in Mumbai.

Three other ICC women’s events were also awarded on the day, with Bangladesh hosting the 2024 T20 World Cup and England winning the hosting rights for the 2026 edition.

The inaugural T20 Champions Trophy in 2027 will be hosted by Sri Lanka.

The last major mega women’s global cricket competition held in India was the 2016 World T20, but this was mainly because the ICC used to organize both men’s and women’s events simultaneously.

However, the system has changed with the rapid rise in popularity of the women’s game and the ICC has segregated the events to receive fair prices for the women’s game with separate broadcast deals and exclusive coverage.

“We were keen to host the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 and are delighted that we have won the hosting rights for this marquee clash on the women’s calendar,” BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said in an ICC release.

“The game has changed tremendously since then. The popularity of women’s cricket is increasing rapidly, and this is a step in the right direction. The BCCI will work closely with the ICC and meet all the requirements.”

BCCI Secretary Jay Shah said: “We are taking several steps to raise the profile of the game from the grassroots level and hosting the World Cup will further boost the popularity of the game in the country.

“BCCI is committed to women’s cricket in India. We have the infrastructure in place, and I am confident that we will have a very successful edition of the World Cup.”

However, the 50-over Women’s World Cup has been a stand-alone event since its inception in 1973, two years before the introduction of the men’s mega event in England in 1975.

India has hosted the event three times – in 1978, 1997 and 2013.

Those in the know of things at the ICC felt that it was a prudent call by the BCCI to bid for the 2025 ODI event.

The source added, “Since BCCI is excited about starting the women’s IPL from next season, I think they would not want to organize any other marquee T20 women’s event immediately. Hence the decision to bid for the 2025 World Cup is logical. Seems like.”

In the 2025 Women’s World Cup, the ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) from 2022-2025, the hosts and the top five nations will get direct entry into the tournament.

The remaining two teams will be identified through a global qualifier consisting of six teams. Of the six teams in the qualifiers, four will be from the IWC (ranked after the top five teams) and the other two will be selected according to the ICC Women’s ODI Team Rankings.

other important decisions

ICC Board finalizes FTP

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The ICC Board approved both men’s and women’s Future Tours Program (FTP) from 2023 to 2027 and these will be published in the coming days.

It is learned that India will play 38 Tests during the said period.

Laxman in ICC Cricket Committee

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India great and the current head of the national cricket academy VVS Laxman has been appointed as the current player representative along with former New Zealand in the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee.

Daniel Vettori.

Roger Harper has been selected as the second former player representative on the committee, joining Mahela Jayawardene.

New ICC President to be elected in November

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The Board approved the process of electing the next ICC President which will be held in November 2022. The election would be decided by a simple majority unlike in earlier years when a two-thirds majority was necessary.

The term of the elected president will run for a period of two years from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2024.

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah are expected to play a big role in deciding who will replace New Zealand’s Gregor Barkley.

Cambodia, Ivory Coast, Uzbekistan are new ICC Associate Members

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The evolution of global cricket is being celebrated as the ICC welcomed its new members with Cambodia, Cte d’Ivoire and Uzbekistan, all receiving Associate Membership status.

Cambodia and Uzbekistan are the 24th and 25th members of the Asia region, while Cte ​​d’Ivoire is the 21st member of Africa, the ICC now has a total of 108 members, including 96 associates.

Originally published at Pen 18