Bangladesh wants to play just T20 series in Pakistan
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO Nizamuddin Chwodhury on Wednesday said they are keen to tour in Pakistan but that is only for T20 series as they are reluctant to stay there for a longer period.
The Tigers are scheduled to visit in Pakistan for two-match Test series and three-match T20 International in February, which would take almost one month.
The BCB, therefore, wants to play the two-match Test series in a neutral venue and the T20 series in Pakistan.
The CEO said that they have already communicated Pakistan, letting them know what Bangladesh wants but is yet to get any reply.
“We are with Pakistan always in their initiative to revive the cricket there and so at this moment we want to send the national male team for three-match T20 series only,” Chowdhury said on Wednesday.
“At this moment we want the two-match Test series to be held in a neutral venue and Pakistan can decide where they want to play.”
He continued: “Since Pakistan played in a neutral venue, we think it won’t be a problem for them to arrange the Test series in a place other than Pakistan.”
The bilateral series between the two countries which comprises with two-match Test series and three-match T20 series is scheduled to be held in February. For those matches, Bangladesh needs to stay in Pakistan for almost one month.
“At this moment we actually can’t stay there for a longer period of time. We have already communicated them in this regard and we are still in touch with them. But still there is no reply,” the CEO added.
Bangladesh earlier sent an aged level male team and national women’s team in Pakistan but that also for a short tour.
BCB’s decision to make it short tour came after a high-level security team, sent by the Bangladesh Government visited twice in Pakistan to assess the security condition there.
Cricket in Pakistan remained stopped since the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore. Afterward Sri Lanka became the first team to play a Test there recently before two other teams visited for a T20 series.
