Reports: Pakistan Joins Hands With Sri Lanka And Bangladesh To Co-Host Two 50-Over World Cups During The 2024-31 Cycle

In a new development, the Pakistan Cricket Board [PCB] has reportedly joined hands with Sri Lankan Cricket [SLC] and Bangladesh Cricket Board [BCB] to bid for the two 50-over World Cups in the next cycle.

The 2024-31 FTP will consist of two 50-over World Cups in 2027 and 2031, four T20 World Cups in 2024, 2026, 2028, and 2030 and a couple of Champions Trophies in 2025 and 2029.

According to a report published in CricBuzz, the PCB is looking forward to co-hosting the 2027 and 2031 50-over World Cups jointly alongside Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Not only that, but the PCB is also set to form a consortium with the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) to host a couple of T20 World Cups during the 7-year cycle.

The reports further state that the PCB will be going solo in its bid for the 2025 and 2029 Champions Trophies.

The last time Pakistan hosted an ICC event, way back in 1996 when it co-hosted the 50-over World Cup alongside India and Sri Lanka.

Pakistan was supposed to host the 2008 Champions Trophy and co-host the 2011 World Cup along with its Asian neighbors but both didn’t happen due to security threats in the country.

While the 2008 Champions Trophy and postponed and eventually hosted by South Africa in 2009, the 2011 World Cup was co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.

That said, the PCB is set to face severe competition as far as winning the hosting rights for quadrennial events is concerned.

17 countries has shown interest to bid the ICC events from 2024 to 2031:

India
USA
Australia
England
Bangladesh
Ireland
Malaysia
Namibia
New Zealand
Oman
Pakistan
Scotland
South Africa
Sri Lanka
West Indies
UAE
Zimbabwe

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Apart from PCB and the BCCI, as many as 15 other countries which include the likes of the USA, Australia, England, Oman, Namibia, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Bangladesh have submitted their proposals to win the hosting rights.

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