BCB firm on their stance to play only T20 series in Pakistan
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh wants to play only three Twenty20 internationals in Pakistan as staying there for a brief period of time will help them assess the condition, said Bangladesh Cricket Board official on Tuesday.
The tourists are scheduled to visit Pakistan in January- February for the bilateral series comprising two-match Test and three-match Twenty 20 series but now that looks to be jeopardy as BCB is not interested to play longer versions in Pakistan.
PCB officials reacted sharply after BCB said that they are hesitant to tour Pakistan for the two-match Test series though according to Nizamuddin it was not surprising.
‘’Naturally, Pakistan would like to see that international cricket resume there in a full-fledged manner and probably that is the reason they have said all those things,’’ said Nizamuddin.
But you all know there is something called a match environment and at the same time there are players and team management staff and our team management staffs are from abroad and we have to discuss with then regarding staying there for a long period of time before taking a decision,’ he said.
‘’ So we proposed to play three Twenty20 internationals because if we play there for a shorter period of time than everyone can do a proper assessment that includes player’s team management and others and so we have given them the proposal[ of playing three Twenty20I’s ] thinking in this line,’’ he said adding that they have proposed to play in one venue.
‘’We have proposed one venue considering the movement and duration as we prefer to play in one venue,’’ said Nizamuddin.
