Initially, India was supposed to host the competition. However, the BCCI moved the tournament to the United Arab Emirates and Oman because of the COVID-19 situation in India. The tournament will have 16 participants.
An official from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) informed PTI today that the ICC has given permission to the international boards to carry extra players with the squad because of the quarantine rules. However, the international cricket governing body will bear the expenses of only 15 players and eight officials.
The official further revealed that all boards will have to send their T20 World Cup 2021 squad by September 10. The ICC will allow participating teams to make last-minute changes to their squads till up to five days before quarantine begins.
It is now up to the boards to decide how many additional players they want in the T20 World Cup: Sources
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Because of the bio-bubble and quarantine rules in place, all the international bodies will likely name a few additional players in their T20 World Cup squads. This is so that these players can join the team as injury or COVID-19 replacements as soon as possible.
The PCB official stated that the ICC will allow the boards to decide the number of additional players they want.
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