Lahore delegates part of ICC group: BCB
Bangladesh will send a couple of security experts to Pakistan but they will be part of a long list of International Cricket Council (ICC) delegates invited to watch the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final. The much-talked-about PSL final will take place in Lahore on March 5, defying security threats.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is considering the PSL final as the first step to convincing other Test playing nations including Bangladesh to tour their country that has not staged a single home series or any ICC-sponsored event since a deadly militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore March 2009. Only Zimbabwe made a brief visit in May 2015.
The PTI on Wednesday reported that the 'PCB is trying to convince the Bangladesh Cricket Board to send its national team in Pakistan to play a full Test series in December' and that the PCB had suggested to the BCB to send a team of security and vigilance experts for the PSL final so that they can update their superiors about whether it was safe to send the Bangladesh team to Pakistan.
However, when contacted, BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that the PCB request was to all members of the ICC.
“We are sending one or two experts as part of the ICC delegates. And the whole trip will funded by the game's governing body. This is something that was decided in the last ICC meeting and other board members will also be sending their representatives,” Nizamuddin told The Daily Star over phone.
According to the FTP (Future Tours Programme) Pakistan are scheduled to play a full series in Bangladesh next December.
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