Pakistan Nationwide Cricket Group are all set to host the Bangladesh Nationwide Cricket Group for the two-match Take a look at collection later this month. However the collection between the groups has come beneath a scanner as a result of current developments in Bangladesh.
The Take a look at collection between the Pakistan Nationwide Cricket Group and the Bangla Tigers will start on the twenty first of August in Rawalpindi, adopted by the second match to be performed in Karachi from the thirtieth of August. Each video games will likely be a part of the ICC Take a look at Championship, which will likely be essential for each groups.
Forward of the primary collection, the Bangladesh A workforce was additionally scheduled to journey to Pakistan for 2 four-day and three 50-over matches. They had been all set to journey to Pakistan on Wednesday (seventh August), however their departure was delayed as a result of ongoing circumstances in Bangladesh.
The present state of affairs in Bangladesh has been very regarding. Riots are occurring within the nation, and it has additionally seen lots of people getting killed as properly. Prime Minister of the nation, Sheikh Hasina, additionally resigned and has flown away from the nation, depicting the situations within the nation.
This has additionally created speculations in regards to the Bangla Tigers’ journey to Pakistan. The Najmul Hossain Shanto-led facet is scheduled to journey on seventeenth August. However with the situations turning worse of their nation, there isn’t a readability that they are going to be touring to Pakistan on the scheduled date.
A tour of Bangladesh postponed as a consequence of unexpected circumstances, confirms PCB
The tour of Bangladesh A to Pakistan has additionally been postponed. The Pakistan Cricket Board launched an official assertion, confirming that the departure of the opposition’s A workforce was delayed as a consequence of unexpected circumstances of their nation.
The Pakistan Cricket Board additionally confirmed that they’re in dialog with the BCB, and each events will likely be working collectively to make the brand new itinerary for the tour. Releasing an official assertion on Twitter, they acknowledged:
“The BCB has confirmed to the PCB their males’s “A” cricket workforce’s departure for Islamabad has been delayed by 48 hours as a consequence of unexpected circumstances. The BCB and PCB have been in common contact for the previous two days and can proceed to work collectively on the revised tour itinerary with additional particulars to comply with in the end. The Bangladesh “A” cricket workforce was as a consequence of arrive in Islamabad within the wee hours of Wednesday for 2 four-day and three 50-over matches from 10-27 August.”
PCB assertion:
The BCB has confirmed to the PCB their males’s “A” cricket workforce’s departure for Islamabad has been delayed by 48 hours as a consequence of unexpected circumstances. The BCB and PCB have been in common contact for the previous two days and can proceed to work collectively on the…— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 5, 2024
Each Pakistan and Bangladesh are but to call their squads for the collection. The core group of the Bangladesh workforce was lately seen placing within the exhausting yards to get themselves within the groove forward of the collection. They’ve been coaching exhausting as they’d be eager to bag vital ICC World Take a look at Championship factors.
