The BCCI is the biggest cricketing board in the world by a fair margin. It is no wonder that the ICC made its first offer to host the Women's T20 World Cup to India after the political situation in Bangladesh made it impossible to host the cup.
What came surprising to everyone is BCCI's firm 'no' to ICC for this offer.
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Bangladesh is supposed to host the Women's T20 World Cup this year but with the conditions prevailing, it seems impossible. As a result, ICC wanted neighbor and cricketing giant, India, to host the cup. However, the BCCI is very confident that it won't host the cup in the country.
This has surprised all cricket fans as hosting a world cup is a huge honor and opportunity. The BCCI believes that hosting two world cups in consecutive years is something they don't want to do, and as India will be hosting the 50 over women's world cup next year, they don't want to do it this year.
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Now the question that arises is would the BCCI have made the same decision if it was the men's World Cup. Many people have the opinion that the BCCI is only concerned with revenue and hence the decision. The players would have had the home ground advantage if they played here but the board has denied them the opportunity.