Shugaban Hukumar Cricket ta Duniya (ICC), Greg Barclay, ya bayyana cewa yana fatan gasar cin kofin duniya na matasa ‘yan kasa da 19 za ta kasance mai nasara da kuma tasiri. Gasar da za a fara a watan Janairu 2024 a Afirka ta Kudu, za ta hada ‘yan wasa daga kasashe daban-daban da suka samu cancanta.
Barclay ya ce ICC tana kokarin inganta wasan cricket a duniya, musamman a kasashen da ba su da kwarin gwiwa a fagen wasan. Ya kara da cewa gasar U-19 ta kasance muhimmiyar hanyar ganowa da bunkasa gwanayen ‘yan wasa masu zuwa.
A cikin shekaru da suka gabata, gasar ta samu karbuwa sosai, inda ta zama wata hanya da ‘yan wasa ke fito daga ita zuwa manyan kungiyoyin kasa da kasa. Misali, ‘yan wasa kamar Virat Kohli da Steve Smith sun fara ne daga wannan gasar.
Shugaban ICC ya kuma yi kira ga masu sha’awar wasan da su saka idanu kan gasar, yana mai cewa za ta kasance mai ban sha’awa da kuma nuna basirar matasa masu hazaka.
