all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included 2020–21 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier for Western and Eastern sub-regions. On 9 April 2020, there was an announcement of postponement of Australia-Bangladesh Test series. On 20 April 2020, Sri Lanka and South Africa cricket boards confirmed that SA tour to the island nation has been postponed. On 23 June 2020, New Zealand cricket team's tour to Bangladesh, which was scheduled to take place in August, was postponed. A day later, on 24 June 2020, the Bangladesh's tour to Sri Lanka was postponed due to the pandemic. On 9 July 2020, the 2020 Asia Cup was postponed until the following July, with the 2020 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament cancelled. On 25 August 2020, the ICC confirmed that the 2020 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament had been postponed due to the pandemic. The following month, it was confirmed that the 2020 edition of the Women's Asia Cup, scheduled to take place in September in Bangladesh, had also been cancelled due to the pandemic. On 28 September 2020, Bangladesh's planned tour to Sri Lanka was postponed for a second time, after both cricket boards could not agree on the quarantine requirements. In October 2020, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed that there would be no edition of the Bangladesh Premier League in 2020, due to the pandemic. In January 2021, the Ireland cricket team were scheduled to play four ODIs against the UAE. However, a COVID-19 outbreak in the UAE team meant that the tour schedule was changed multiple times, resulting in only two of the four matches being played. In India, the 2020–21 Ranji Trophy tournament was cancelled due to the pandemic, the first time since the tournament's inception in the 1934–35 season that the Ranji Trophy was not held. On 5 May 2021, the 2021 Indian Premier League was suspended indefinitely, after a rise in COVID-19 cases within teams. The remainder of the season was relocated to the UAE It is scheduled to play the remainder of its games from September 19 to October 15, 2021, in the UAE. In Pakistan, the 2021 Pakistan Super League was postponed from March–April to 1 June. They were hosted in United Arab Emirates due to growing cases of the COVID-19 pandemic. The winner surprisingly became Multan