The Women’s T20 World Cup has witnessed a change of venue from Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), following violent protests erupted in the original host country. Anti-government demonstrations owing to the student-led protests have caused civil unrest in Bangladesh, also prompting the nation’s former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, to resign and flee to self-exile in India. Owing to security concerns, the governing body of the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Wednesday, the event will now take place across two venues in the UAE: Dubai and Sharjah.
However, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BRB) will retain its hosting rights. Geoff Allardice, the ICC Chief Executive said in a statement, “It is a shame not to be hosting the Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh as we know the BCB would have staged a memorable event. However, they will retain hosting rights.
We look forward to taking an ICC global event to Bangladesh in the near future.” The ninth edition of ICC Women’s #T20WorldCup to be held in October 2024 has been relocated to a new venue. Details 👇 https://t.
co/20vK9EMEdN — ICC (@ICC) August 20, 2024 Allardice weighed in on how the original venue didn’t remain ‘feasible’ following the unrest. “I would like to thank the team at the BCB for exploring all avenues to try and enable the event to be hosted in Bangladesh, but travel advisories from the governments of a number of the participating teams meant that wasn’t feasible,”.