Bangladesh to host World Cup trophy Oct 17-23
Sports Reporter
ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy Tour is set to kick off on August 27. The first destination is Muscat, which will be followed by various cities of the world in next nine months. The trophy tour will begin from International Cricket Council headquarters in Dubai. It will visit 60 cities of 21 countries in five continents including football-dominated countries Germany, Belgium and France. However, the trophy wont be travelling to Afghanistan, a participant of next years mega event.
The trophy will be displayed in Dhaka from October 17 to 19 before it will be showed in Khulna and Sylhet on October 20 and 21 respectively.
Chittagong fans can see the prominent trophy on October 22 and 23 and later the trophy will move to Nepal for its existing tour.
Fans will be able to take part in a virtual reality cricket zone, have their photo taken with the trophy and feel what it is like to be at the Cricket World Cup, with a unique in-stadia experience, as well as a range of other exciting activities across the tour.
From UAE, the World Cup trophy will visit Oman, the USA, the West Indies, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. At last, the trophy will reach England and Wales on February 19, 2019 for a domestic trophy tour for 100 days.
The trophy will be visiting schools and universities as well as peoples homes.
An ICC release stated on Saturday, During its journey, the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy will visit iconic and unusual locations, communities, schools, universities and even peoples homes in a bid to connect people globally in what will be the most unique, and accessible Trophy Tour to date.
The Trophy Tour is a unique opportunity for fans around the world to be part of the ICC Cricket World Cup and by going to more countries and more cities than ever before were giving people more opportunities to be part of this fantastic sporting event, ICC Chief Executive, David Richardson was quoted in the media release.
The Trophy will travel not only to countries taking part in the tournament, but for the first time ever will go beyond traditional cricket heartlands and connect with fans in a further 11 countries where cricket is growing including United States, Germany, Nigeria, France and Belgium.
The 12th edition of Cricket World Cup will begin on May 30 next year. The Final will be held at Lords on July 14. The tournament will consist only 10 teams this time.
