PCB gets green signal for Bangladesh tour

Pakistan to play two Tests, three ODI and a one-off T20I with Tigers.

Having received the nod from the government, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to send the national team to Bangladesh in April for a full series across all three formats, according to ESPNcricinfo.

The tour — comprising two Tests, three ODIs and a one-off T20I — is expected to take place after a security team’s survey of the host country’s law-and-order situation. However, the visit is being considered more of a formality than a potential decider.

“The government is still concerned, probably because of the negative feelings about Pakistan there,” Raza Kitchlew, PCB’s senior media manager told ESPNcricinfo. “But we have always had a stance to keep cricket away from politics and that’s the reason we have accepted the Bangladesh tour. In the upcoming days, we will send our security team who will be meeting the Pakistan high commission to further assess the arrangements in place.”

Adding substance to the development was the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) confirmation that it is aware of the security team’s visit.

“We have received confirmation of Pakistan’s arrival in mid-April,” said BCB media committee chairman Jalal Yunus. “The tour schedule has not been confirmed yet, but we are hoping to have it finalised by the next three to four days. We will consider Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna as venues.”

Published in The Express Tribune, March 22^nd, 2015.

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