When key stakeholders in world cricket meet at the ICC headquarters in Dubai in less than two weeks, the Indian representatives will have a tricky job on their hands. The meeting is scheduled to workshop the Future Tours Programme for the next cycle, which runs from May 2027 to April 2031. This might sound like a boring exercise of mere hygiene, but it’s much more than that.
The ICC FTP crystallises the most critical tours and tournaments. Fixture scheduling determines the financial landscape of the next cycle. Simply put, countries that can lock in commitments to host India for white-ball cricket get the biggest commercial bump.
