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Ehsan Mani makes the announcement in Dubai
Sri Lanka Cricket’s bid to host the T20 World Cup in 2012 was approved by the International Cricket Council at the recently concluded ICC meeting in Singapore.
ICC has shown faith in Sri Lanka Cricket, hence it is thankful to the governing body for giving it the opportunity, a statement from Sri Lanka Cricket said. The tournament is scheduled to be held in September 2012. This is the first time that Sri Lanka has been selected as the host nation for the T20 World Cup event.
