ICC Board is all set to meet virtually on June 1. Among the major points of discussion are the T20 World Cup, FTP for the 2023-31 cycle, and the future of global events, including the World Test Championship.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India ( BCCI ) will seek one month's time to decide on hosting the T20 World Cup in India in the wake of the Covid-19 when the International Cricket Council (ICC) board holds a virtual meeting on Tuesday. An array of important issues, including the Future Tours &Programmes for the 2023-31 cycle and tax issue with the Indian cricket board is also set to be discussed.

Sourav Ganguly (BCCI president), Manu Sawhney (ICC chief executive), and Jay Shah (BCCI secretary) pose with the T20 World Cup International Cricket CouncilThe BCCI, last week, confirmed that the remainder of IPL 2021 would be held in the UAE in September-October but authorized its officials to seek an extension of time from the ICC Board over deciding the T20 World Cup fate. IPL 2021 was suspended on May 4 due to positive Covid-19 cases in bio-bubbles and India has been struggling to deal with the 2nd wave of the pandemic.

While earlier, it was decided that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly will attend the meet in person, it is learned that now he will be present virtually and will only leave for the UAE on Wednesday to have discussions on the organization of IPL with Emirates Cricket Board.

There are no concrete outcomes expected at the meeting and after July 1, the BCCI will hold another SGM. The ICC Board is likely to make a formal announcement of its final decision during its annual conference starting on July 18.

'The COVID-19 cases are reducing but obviously, it is still not a situation where we can firmly commit to hosting the World T20. Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah are right in asking for one month's time to decide,' a senior BCCI source privy to developments told PTI on Monday.

'Obviously, they will also get feedback from the government whether it would be prudent to host it in India. The second aspect is that you never know when the cases will rise again. Right now, the lockdown in various parts of the country is yielding some good results but as we had seen the sudden surge during IPL, the situation remains fluid,' he said. Last month, the BCCI had picked nine venues for the T20 World Cup — New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Dharamsala, Ahmedabad, and Lucknow. The final of the multi-nation tournament was scheduled on November 13 at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. However, one thing is clear that even if BCCI manages to host the tournament between the third week of October and the second week of November, there is no question of nine cities being allotted games.