DHAKA: International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday, in a Board Meeting, decided that the ICC U-19 cricket World Cup 2016 will be held in Bangladesh.

ICC Chairman Narayanaswami Srinivasan, Chief Executive David Richardson, and President Mustafa Kamal attended the meeting.

In its first meeting of 2015, held at the board’s headquarters in Dubai, the cricket governing body fixed the schedule of the ICC events, said icc-cricket.com.

Bangladesh will host the under-19 cricket World Cup from January 22, 2016 to February 14, the website added.

The ICC also laid out its course of events through to 2019 in the meeting.

EVENT                                                  HOST/S                      DATES
ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015     Ireland / Scotland           6-26 July 2015
ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016       Bangladesh                 22 January-14 February 2016
ICC World Twenty20 2016                 India                          11 March-3 April 2016
ICC Champions Trophy 2017               England                        1 June-19 June 2017
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017            England                        4 August-27 August 2017
ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018       New Zealand               12 January-4 February 2018
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018   Bangladesh                   1 March-4 April 2018
ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018   West Indies                   2 November-25 November 2018
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019               England                     30 May-15 July 2019


BDST: 2250 HRS, JAN 29, 2015