|| CF Correspondent ||

Bangladesh is likely to travel to Sri Lanka for the three-match Test series on September24, said Bangladesh Cricket Board officials on Thursday.

Citing lack of preparation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, BCB and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced earlier that they have decided to postpone Bangladesh's tour of Sri Lanka to a mutually-planned later date.

Bangladesh were scheduled to play three Tests in July that would be part of the ICC Test Championship, but 'a conducive environment', as per the BCB, had still not been achieved.

However, now, they are thinking of resuming cricket with this rescheduled tour to Sri Lanka and according to BCB cricket operation chairman Akram Khan they are likely to board for Island on September 24.

"Nothing is finalized yet but we are planning to travel on September 24. The Test series is expected to start from mid October,’’ said Akram.

"We also wanted to play few shorter version games but yet to get any positive response from them,’’ he said.

Akram further added that there is talk going on regarding flying with a chartered flight considering they are also expected to be accompanied by the HP squad, who are scheduled to play two four-day games and five 50-over matches with the host.

According to BCB officials, there is a chance that they wouldn't have to stay in quarantine for 14 days, which would allow the Bangladeshi cricketers to use the cricketing facilities. But that won't allow them to play practice games against local sides as the SLC won't allow their cricketers to come in contact with the tourists before the 14-day period.

Hence, BCB is expected to send their HP team there to help the players in the Test squad to make the most of the quarantine period by playing practice games among themselves.