While there is still one year to go before the mega event which was set to be held in Australia this year but got postponed due to rising cases of COVID-19 and inability of the host country to manage 16 teams.
Seven months since the ICC T20 World Cup final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, women's international cricket has resumed with Austria hosting Germany in the first of five T20 internationals.
The ICC had last week postponed this year's T20 World due to the COVID-19 pandemic and handed Australia the rights to host the 2022 edition.
The sole agenda of Monday's meeting was to finalise the nomination process for the election but no breakthrough could be made over a unanimous choice to lead the ICC.
The qualifiers for the tournament were supposed to be held in July, but had to be postponed due to the pandemic.
Buttler's innings of 38 and 75 have lifted him from 44th to 30th while Ollie Pope has attained a career-best 36th position after scoring 62 and seven.
It is expected that the entire process irrespective of whether it's an election or unanimous selection will be over by four weeks.
The 29-year-old ace English cricketer said the event was "feasible", differing with the ICC's decision to push it from next year to February-March of 2022 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ICC on Friday deferred next year's 50-over women's World Cup in New Zealand until February-March 2022 because of the impact the pandemic has had on cricket globally.
The decision was announced after the ICC Business Corporation met virtually on Friday.
The 2021 World Cup will be held in India between October and November with the final on November 14. Meanwhile, Australia, who were originally slated to hold the tournament in 2020, will now be the host for the 2022 edition between October and November with the final on November 13.
It is expected that the BCCI and CA will reach a consensus on hosting the 2021 and 2022 editions of the men's T20 World Cup.
The women's 50-over World Cup is slated to be held from February 6 to March 7 next year.
Ireland players have made gains in the latest ICC ODI rankings released after their series against England.
Azhar, presently 27th among batsmen, will be hoping to regain the form that lifted him to a career-best sixth in December 2016, while Babar will be hoping to progress from a career-best aggregate of 800 rating points.
Dave Cameron, who is harbouring ambitions for chairman's post at ICC, has said that he wants longer T20 Leagues including the IPL in the cricket calendar.
Another England bowler to advance is Chris Woakes, whose five-wicket haul in the second innings has lifted him to 20th position and a career-best rating points tally of 654.
With 871 rating points, Kohli is at the top followed by Rohit (855) and Pakistan's Babar Azam (829).
The Super League was launched by ICC on Monday in a bid to give more importance to the 50-over format.
The Super League format, which will not just revive 50-over cricket, in its way, will also decide the teams that will qualify for the next World Cup
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