T20 Champions Cup: New global tournament planned by ICC for 2023-2031 cycle

A T20 Champions Cup that would see the top 10 teams of the world fight it out across 48 matches - the same number as last year’s 50-over World Cup - will be included in the ICC’s proposed suite of tournaments for the 2023 to 2031 broadcast rights cycle.

As per ESPNCricinfo, the proposal, which was first tabled to the ICC Board in October last year and has been the subject of plenty of debates and deliberations between boards and the ICC since, there would be a T20 Champions Cup which will be held in 2024 and 2028. There will also be an ODI Champions Cup in 2025 and 2029, alongside the T20 World Cups in 2026 and 2030.

There will be the ODI World Cups in 2027 and 2031.

The 50-over Champions Cup will be a brief event which will be extremely similar to the Champions Trophy and will see just six teams in 16 games. While the T20 Champions Cup has been designed to another World Cup as it will see 48 matches being played.