In Kolkata, the ICC meeting has been held and some important discussion took place which could decide the future path of International One Day Cricket. Here the main topic of discussion was of the Test championship, t20 and Champions trophy. It has been said that the first 9 teams in ICC Test rankings will play the Test Championship which will be held between 2019-2021. The final will be in 2021. Then again, the next Test championship will be held between 2021-2023, and its final will be in 2023. It has also been said that instead of the 8 teams ICC Champions Trophy, 16 teams will participate in the World T20, the main aim is to make cricket a known game globally. The World t20 will be held in India in 2021. And before that, the t20 World Cup will be held in Australia in 2020. And the T20 matches between the 104 associate countries will be declared as International Matches and it is declared for both Men's and Women's cricket. This rule will be applied in Women's cricket from 1st June 2018 and in Men's from 1st January 2019. The 50 over World Cup of 2023 will be held in India. As in football, in the t20 format, the 104 associate countries will be given world rankings, and there is an effort to start Cricket in the Olympics from 2028. The trend of playing t20 in all countries is increasing so ICC is giving t20 more priority. We cannot forget that ICC was highly criticised for decreasing the no. of teams in 50 over World Cup. A team like Scotland faced economical problems for such decision by ICC. For this system, no associate country is playing in the World Cup for the first time. This is the first time all the Test playing nations are not participating in the 50 over World Cup.
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