The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has offered two extra T20Is to be played between England and India when the Indian team travels to England next year, so as to cover the losses that have been incurred to ECB due to the cancellation of the Old Trafford Test, which was also the fifth and final Test of the five-match series.
"It is correct that we have offered to play two extra T20Is when we visit England next July (only for the white-ball games). Instead of three T20Is, we will play five T20Is,” BCCI Secretary Jay Shah was quoted as saying to Cricbuzz.
However, there is a condition that if India plays two extra T20Is or a one-off Test in July 2022, it wants ECB to not ask for forfeiture of the fifth Test (which was cancelled in 2021). “Alternately, we will be willing to play a one-off Test as well. It is up to them to choose either of the offers,” Shah added.
The fifth Test between the two sides was cancelled after Team India decided not to field a playing XI due to increasing Covid-19 cases in its camp. It is reported that ECB had to incur losses of up to 40 Million Pounds due to this decision by BCCI and Virat Kohli lead Indian side.