T20 World Cup Should Be Postponed: Murali Kartik

The fate of 2020 T20 World Cup in Australia will be decided on July 10 with the global governing council meets. The T20 World Cup in Australia is slated to get underway in October but due to the lockdown situation enforced to withstand the Covid-19 pandemic it might be postponed to next year.

To arrange the logistics beforehand will be major task for the global governing council due to the pandemic situation. Former Cricket Australia chief Kevin Roberts also admitted about the board’s incapability to host the T20 World Cup this year. Meanwhile, former India spinner Murali Karthik has made a fair assessment for marquee tournament to be postponed to next year.

Hosting T20 World Cup this year will make no sense for Australia: Murali Kartik

The scheduling for the T20 World Cup in 2020 and 2021 has left Kartik baffled. He believes if the 2020 T20 World Cup is held this year it will make no financial gains for Australia as it will be played behind closed doors. He has thus suggested it to be pushed back to next year in 2021.

“I’m surprised that we’re having two World T20s in the space of whatever number of months, 2020 Australia, 2021 India. 16 countries coming in, and again with no crowds, I think that doesn’t make any financial sense to them (Australia). And, if it can be pushed back, it’s all the more better and they would rather have India coming in to play a Test series or a bilateral series,” Murali Kartik told Fancode.

Meanwhile, Cricket Australia are keen to host India for the traditional Test series so that they can recover from the losses given the stature of the series.