Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) closed bids for the high-profile series, which was postponed in March owing to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, on 9 November. In fact, the postponed England Test series in March was the last series of the previous TV rights cycle of SLC. But SLC opted to separate the postponed England series when they went to the market for the next three-year cycle this year. Most probably it could be Sony,” said a senior SLC official when inquired about the progress of selling TV broadcasting rights of the England series. In that sense, if the Covid-19 situation does not improve drastically in both India and Sri Lanka by January, the chances of both the series (India vs. England and Sri Lanka vs. England) being held in the UAE are extremely high.

Source: The Nation November 21, 2020 20:48 UTC