Indian staff refuse to travel with team

The Indian coaching staff of the Bangladesh women's national cricket team are unwilling to travel with the team for their upcoming tour of Pakistan given the sour diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan.

Head coach Anju Jain, assistant coach Devika Palshikar and physio Anuja Dalvi are the current coaching staff of the Bangladesh women's team. Local coach Dipu Rai Chowdhury is set to play the role of head coach on the tour Pakistan.

The Tigresses will tour Pakistan for the second time in four years and are scheduled to play three T20Is and a two-match ODI series between October 26 to November 5. All the matches will be played at Lahore's Gaddafi stadium.

The Bangladesh women's team last toured Pakistan in 2015, when they were whitewashed by the hosts in both the ODI and the T20 series.

The Pakistan women's team toured Bangladesh last year for four T20Is and an ODI in Cox's Bazar. Pakistan won the T20I series 3-0 while Bangladesh won the one-off ODI by six wickets.

The Bangladesh women's cricket will go through a busy patch as they are also scheduled to play a three-match ODI and a three-match T20I series in early October. The Under-23 team are also scheduled to take part in the ACC Emerging Cup in Sri Lanka next month.

Salma Khatun and her troops retained the title after becoming champions of the ICC World T20 qualifiers and are looking forward to the upcoming ICC World T20 in Australia next year.