Cricket News : Asian Cricket Council postpone Asia Cup

The Asian Cricket Council postponed the Asia Cup tournament scheduled for September this year until June 2021 owing to an upsurge in COVID-19 cases in the region. The development further clears the way for the Indian Premier League, which the franchise-based event's organisers are trying to hold from September to November with the T20 World Cup also set to be deferred. This comes a day after BCCI president Sourav Ganguly announced the cancellation of this edition of the continental tournament, the hosting rights of which was with Pakistan. With the Asia Cup pushed back by a year, the ICC too is now expected to announce the postponement of the T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in October-November. While the postponement was on the cards for the longest time, Ganguly stealing away the thunder from PCB bosses Ehsan Mani and Wasim Khan by announcing the decision one day earlier didn't go down well with the two top men in Pakistan cricket.