The World cup is shifted from India to UAE, due to the COVID-19. When the BCCI took the decision the second wave in the country was at its peak and there were assumptions about the breakout of the third wave. The ICC T20 World Cup will be played from October 17 to November 14.

Obviously, the BCCI president would not like to risk the life of players, just to play fantasy cricket. BCCI is still hosting the ICC World Cup 2021. The ICC T20 tournament was supposed to be held in 2020 in Australia, after the 2016 edition, which was hosted by India. In the 2016 edition, West Indies beat England and won the trophy.

After looking at the condition in India, many players were not ready to play, because of safety issues.

ICC T20 WORLD CUP PARTICIPANTS

The president of the BCCI decided to shift the venue of ICC T20 World Cup 2021 to UAE and Oman from India; after looking at the condition. The tournament was to be held in 2020, but due to pandemic breakout, it was postponed to the next year 2021. There are already 8 teams in the super 12, while teams like Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.  New Papua Guinea and Namibia are playing their first T20 edition. These teams will be playing to make sport in the top 12. Ireland and Scotland have chances to qualify in the respective matches.

The teams are divided into two groups - Group I and Group II. Group 1 - England, West Indies, South Africa, and Australia. Group II includes the following teams - India, Afghanistan, New Zealand, and Pakistan.

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WHY UAE FOR HOSTING THE ICC T20 WORLD CUP

COVID-19 is the primary reason for shifting the location of World Cup T20 from India to the UAE. Also, ICC has the headquarters in Dubai and it will be easier for the organization to follow the revenue sharing pattern as per the guidelines of the country. BCCI and ICC both wanted to host the T20 World Cup in India, but the unpredictable breakout of COVID-19 has spoiled everything. One cannot control the spread of the Coronavirus, so it is better to play safe, then solve the problem later.

After India, UAE is considered the most suitable venue for this international event. With the experience of hosting IPL 2021 in the UAE, BCCI knows how to arrange logistics and create a safe environment across the four venues in the country. Where in India, the ICC World Cup T20 would have played on 9 venues, if the conditions were better.

BCCI is now confident about hosting the matches of T20 in UAE, after experiencing successful hosting of IPL 2021. Fantasy players don’t need to worry about the geo-location, download Royal11 and play ICC T20 Fantasy World Cup.

TAX EXEMPTION FOR HOSTING ICC WORLD CUP 2021

As per reports “The BCCI President tried to exempt the taxes from Indian Government during virtual SGM to host ICC T20 World Cup”. The inclusion of taxes would have Rs. 1000 crore burden on the BCCI. The revenue would be the same irrespective of the country that is hosting the ICC T20 World Cup. Ganguly said, if the government is not exempting taxes, then the BCCI won’t host the T20 World Cup in India.

The Govt of India was ready to support the BCCI and agreed to the tax reduction, but COVID-19 had different plans. Well, Royal11 fantasy players don’t need to pay any kind of taxes to play fantasy cricket. Download the game and start creating a team.

CONCLUSION

Hence, the pandemic has affected so many things, including IPL and ICC T20 World Cup 2021. Look at the brighter side, at least live matches are happening and a few percentages of players are allowed to watch the live match. As a Fantasy Player, you don’t need to worry about the location, download Royal11 and kick start your journey of playing fantasy cricket.