The Ceylon Indoor Cricket Association (CICA) has announced it will host the Indoor Cricket World Cup 2025, the 12th world cup tournament.
The World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF) awarded the hosting rights after the CICA had conducted a very successful World Masters’ Series 5 months ago.
The Indoor Cricket World Cup 2025 will be worked off under the following 4 categories:
- Men’s Open
- Women’s Open
- 22& under Boys
- 22 & under girls
According to CICA, teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, England, UAE, Singapore, USA and hosts Sri Lanka will be seen in action.
The tournament will be held from the 27th of September to the 05th of October 2025, with the games conducted at the Austasia Sports Complex and the newly built U Pro Arena, in Thalawathugoda.
Approximately 1000 players, officials & supporters are expected in the country for this prestigious event, with appreciable media coverage made possible in all major nations involved. Apart from being a major sporting event, it will also serve as a popular sports tourism opportunity for the host country at a time the tourism sector in the island nation is witnessing an upward trend in arrivals.
Over the last year, there has been much activity relating to International Indoor Cricket in Sri Lanka. The England Asia Cup was followed by the Masters World Series, with the upgraded U Pro, Colombo & Austasia, Thalawathugoda facility producing exciting action on a daily basis.
The inaugural edition of the World Cup was held in 1995, in Birmingham, England, with Bristol also hosting one in that country. Australia has witnessed 03 events in Melbourne & Brisbane, with the former being the venue for the last event in 2022.
Wellington was the host city when the Indoor Cricket World Cup was held twice in New Zealand. Johannesburg & Gauteng were the cities involved when South Africa acted as the host country on two occasions.
Dubai was also a venue once. Colombo is the host city for the 02nd occasion after a lapse of 21 years, bringing Sri Lanka into the limelight of Indoor Cricket World Cup action this year.
Australia has won all the world titles in both divisions up to now. In the Men’s category, New Zealand have been runners up on 08 instances, South Africa twice & Sri Lanka once. In the Women’s category, South Africa has been the runner-up 07 times while New Zealand has done so 03 times. (Newswire)
