The rise of Twenty20 cricket will gather pace with two extra World Cups to be added to the existing schedule by the International Cricket Council as it looks to cash in on the booming popularity of the game’s shortest format.

Telegraph Sport understands the ICC has opened discussions with broadcasters about organising World Twenty20 tournaments in 2018 and 2022, meaning that the event will be played every two years.

Such was the success of the World Twenty20 in India recently that the ICC does not want to wait another four years for the next tournament, which is due to be staged in Australia in 2020, and is exploring holding extra editions.