PCB conditions player's participation in BPL with women team's tour

Bangladesh's security delegation recently visited Karachi and Lahore to check the security arrangements

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is waiting for the confirmation by the Bangladesh Cricket Board to send their women team to the country for a tour before they can allow their players to participate in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

A source quoted by the Press Trust of India said that the board has not yet taken a policy decision on whether it will allow Pakistan players to sign up for BPL.

"The board wants to see first whether the Bangladesh board sends its national women's team to Pakistan later this month or in October," a source said, as quoted by Zee News.

A high-level security delegation of the Bangladesh board recently visited Karachi and Lahore to check the security arrangements for the planned women’s team tour.

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The Bangladesh board has yet to confirm if they will accept PCB’s invitation to send their women's team to Pakistan.

Cricketing relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh boards have not been very cordial since the last three years.

The origin of the dispute dates three years back when the BCB cites security reasons and did not send their team for a tour of Pakistan when Zaka Asharaf was the chairman of the PCB.

The PCB didn't take kindly to the BCB refusing to send its team on security grounds after a MOU was signed between the two boards under which Pakistan agreed to support the nomination of Mustafa Kamal for the ICC President's post in return for Bangladesh sending its team.