Sri Lanka to host 2024 Under-19 World Cup

Sri Lanka will have the 2024 Under-19 World Cup, the ICC affirmed on Sunday (November 13). The following competition in 2026 will be together facilitated by Zimbabwe and Namibia.

The ICC additionally affirmed the hosts for the following two Ladies' Under-19 World Cups. While Malaysia and Thailand will have the 2025 version of the competition, Bangladesh and Nepal were picked as the co-has for the 2027 release.

"The hosts were chosen by means of a cutthroat offering process directed by a Board sub-panel led by Martin Snedden. The ICC Board acknowledged the suggestions of the council who directed an exhaustive survey of each offered alongside ICC the executives," the ICC said in a proclamation.

Capability pathway

The ICC likewise supported the capability pathway for the 2024 Ladies' T20 World Cup and the 2027 Men's ODI World Cup. Top three groups from each gathering from the 2023 Ladies' T20 World Cup will acquire programmed section for the 2024 version close by has Bangladesh (on the off chance that they don't complete top 3). The following most elevated positioned T20I group on February 27 one year from now will join these seven groups. The leftover two spots will be chosen through a Ladies' T20 World Cup Worldwide Qualifier.

For the 50-over World Cup in 2027, ten groups will acquire a programmed passage. Full Part Has South Africa and Zimbabwe close by the following eight most noteworthy positioned groups in the ODI rankings will come to the competition. An ICC CWC Worldwide Qualifier will decide the last four spaces for the 14-group occasion.

Update on Afghanistan

The ICC likewise got an update from the Functioning Gathering that was shaped to audit the situation with cricket in Afghanistan. The Functioning Gathering was framed last year following worries over the game's future in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover - particularly ladies' cricket. The Functioning Gathering Director Imran Khwaja said that a gathering including the Afghanistan Cricket Board and an administration official ended up being positive.

"The gathering was positive and conscious and the public authority agent was clear in his help for the ICC constitution remembering for standard for ladies' cricket in Afghanistan," Khwaja said. "There are clearly difficulties for it to continue yet we will keep on working with the ACB to take this forward. The Functioning Gathering will intently screen the responsibility embraced by the Afghanistan government and will keep on detailing back to the ICC Board."

It was likewise affirmed that the BCCI Secretary Jay Shah will presently turn into the Executive of the Money and Business Undertakings Advisory group after Cricket Ireland's Ross McCullum ventured down from the job.