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India To Host Champions Trophy 2021, World Cup 2023

Written by Abhishek Patil

India are all set to host the 2023 ODI World Cup and the 2021 ICC Champions Trophy, the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed in a Special General Meeting (SGM) held on Monday, December 11.

India will be the hosting the World Cup on its own for the first time. The previous three occasions, (1987, 1996 and 2011), India co-hosted the event along with Pakistan and Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. India have the distinction of winning the ODI World Cup twice, first in 1983 which was held in England and then in 2011 which was held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

India will also host 81 matches across all the three formats from 2019 to 2023 according to the new Future Tours Programme (FTP), announced BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chowdhury.

The BCCI also decided against coming under the jurisdiction of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and reiterated that it already follows the regulations laid down by World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).

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