Bangladesh ready to play three T20Is in Pakistan

BCB's chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury on Tuesday said that they have proposed to PCB the men's national side is ready to play three Twenty20 Internationals in Pakistan, as that would help their players and coaching staff to assess the conditions after staying there for a brief period of time.

PCB chairman Ehsan Mani, earlier, announced that they are not ready to play the two-match Test series against Bangladesh at a neutral venue.

Incidentally, BCB have been in touch with the PCB for a split series with the Tests to be played at a neutral venue and T20Is in Pakistan.

Pakistan coach Misbah ul Haq and skipper Azhar Ali also made their displeasure clear following Bangladesh's reluctance to tour Pakistan for a full series.

Bangladesh are scheduled to visit the country in January- February to play Tests and T20Is.

"Naturally, Pakistan would like to see that international cricket resumes there in a full-fledged manner, and probably that is the reason they have said all those things," said Nizamuddin. "You all know there is something called match environment. At the same time, there are players and team management staff, and (members of) our team management staff are from abroad”.

"And we have to discuss with them regarding staying there for a long period of time before taking a decision. And so we proposed to play three T20Is because if we play there for a shorter period of time, then everyone can do a proper assessment that includes players and team management, so we have given them the proposal thinking in this line," he added.

While the foreign coaches are reluctant to visit Pakistan, the board feels that they can convince them, if all the T20I matches are played at one venue. "We have proposed one venue considering the movement and duration as we prefer to play in one venue."

It has also been learnt that BCB will take the independent opinion of the ICC, as they are expected to provide it to the match officials. However, it is unlikely going to have an impact as far as changing their stance regarding the Pakistan tour is concerned.

Source:Cricbuzz