ICC T20 World Cup Current Affairs, GK & News
Asia Cup 2020 cancelled
On July 8, 2020, the BCCI President Saurav Ganguly announced that the Asia Cup T20 was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights Following the cancellation, the next Asia Cup is to be held in Sri Lanka. And Asia Cup 2022 is to be held in Pakistan. The Asian Cricket Council has chosen Sri Lanka to ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: Asia Cup • BCCI • Cricket • ICC T20 World Cup • International Cricket Council • T20
Claire Polosak to be the 1st female umpire to officiate in a men’s ODI
Claire Polosak of Australia will become the 1st female umpire to officiate in a men’s one-day international at the ICC World Cricket League Division 2. She stood in the final between tournament hosts Namibia and Oman. The 31-year-old has overseen 15 women’s ODIs and stood in the semi-final of the Women’s World Twenty20 in 2018.
Topics: Claire Polosak • Cricket • ICC T20 World Cup • ICC Women's T20 World Cup • ICC Women's World Twenty20 • Jacqueline Williams • Sports • Team sports
Harmanpreet Kaur named as captain of ICC Women’s World Twenty20 XI
Harmanpreet Kaur has been named captain of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 XI, which also featured opener Smriti Mandhana and leg-spinner Poonam Yadav. A selection panel of ICC in Dubai picked up the team on the basis of the players’ performances in the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty-20 tournament , which concluded recently with Australia ..
Topics: Cricket • Harmanpreet Kaur • ICC T20 World Cup • ICC Women's T20 World Cup • ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads • International cricket • Smriti Mandhana • Team sports • West Indies cricket team
West Indies to host 2018 ICC Women’s World T20 tournament
The 2018 ICC Women’s World T20 championship will be held in the West Indies from November 9 to 24. This is the first standalone ICC women’s event in the shortest format of the game. India will begin their campaign against New Zealand on the opening day. The 10-team tournament, featuring three-time champions Australia and reigning ..
Topics: Cricket • ICC T20 World Cup • ICC Women's T20 World Cup • International cricket • Team sports • Uganda national cricket team • United Arab Emirates national cricket team
West Indies to host 6th edition of ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018
The 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 will be hosted by West Indies from 9 to 24 November 2018. The preliminary round matches will be held at the Guyana National Stadium and Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia, while Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua and Barbuda will stage the two semi-finals and the final. Hosts ..
Topics: Antigua and Barbuda • Cricket • Cricket in the West Indies • Darren Sammy • ICC T20 World Cup • ICC Women's T20 World Cup • ICC Women's World Twenty20 • International cricket • Sir Vivian Richards Stadium • Team sports • Viv Richards • West Indies cricket team