BCB sending security team
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will send a two-member security team to Pakistan in order to assess the conditions there, as they are in discussions with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) regarding sending the Bangladesh women's team on a tour.
"In principle we agreed to send our women's team and accordingly PCB sent us a proposal. Now our own security team will visit Pakistan within the next few weeks to assess the situation. The board will discuss on their report later. And we have to go through many other processes before making the decision," said BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury yesterday.
"The players had expressed their interest long ago, but the board will definitely talk with them once we complete the initial formalities. If we get the green signal, then the women's team may tour Pakistan in October," he added.
A BCB security team earlier visited Pakistan in 2012, but two proposed tours by Bangladesh to Pakistan in 2012 were called off for security reasons, which led to the PCB withdrawing Pakistani cricketers for the second Bangladesh Premier League in 2013. After that, the players were also not allowed to play in the Dhaka Premier League, where Pakistani players have been regulars since the 1980s.
However, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan's visit to Bangladesh in October last year revived their relationship with the BCB and the Pakistan team visited Bangladesh in April-May this year, playing three ODIs, one T20I and two Tests against the Tigers.
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