The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally decided to have an annual International Cricket Council (ICC) event. The announcement was made at the ICC Board meeting in Dubai on Thursday. This will be the first time that India has hosted such a tournament. Previous events were held in England and Australia. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is also expected to play a role in India's decision to host the event. The BCCI is yet to officially announce this but it is assumed to be the case. The IPL matches will take place over a period of about two months from April to June. The event will include one men's game and three women's games. The men's match will be played as part of the World Test Championship while the other two women's games will belong to the ICC Women's Championship. India won the right to host the event through a public voting process. The country came out on top of the list of candidates after Bangladesh declined to host the event. India will now have to work hard to make sure that they deliver a good show when the event is held in April-June next year. The ICC Board met in Dubai on Thursday and took several important decisions including this one.