ICC confirm Sri Lanka as the hosts of U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024

Sri Lankan fans in the T20 World Cup 2022 (Source: AP)

Sri Lanka have been confirmed as the hosts of the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup in 2024. 

Meanwhile, nations like Malaysia, Thailand, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Bangladesh will host other U19 ICC events between 2024-27. The apex cricketing body announced their decision on Sunday. 

The 2026 edition of the U19 Men's Cricket World Cup will be held in Zimbabwe and Namibia. It will give the nations some much-needed exposure in terms of 

ICC have also confirmed that the U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 will be held in Malaysia and Thailand, and the 2027 U19 Women's event will be jointly hosted by Bangladesh and Nepal.

"The hosts were selected via a competitive bidding process overseen by a Board sub-committee chaired by Martin Snedden. The ICC Board accepted the recommendations of the committee who conducted a thorough review of each bid along with ICC management."

Meanwhile, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has been chosen as the Chair of the Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee replacing Cricket Ireland's Ross McCollum.

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