Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) authorities said that they have asked the government to give them a security consultant for their upcoming tour of Pakistan. Bangladesh, who will be going to Pakistan on August 17, is set to play a two-match Test series, which is essential for the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle. The matches will be played at Rawalpindi (21-25 August) and Karachi (30 August-3 September). Because of Pakistan's political situation and past history, visiting it for the international teams has always been considered a matter of risk.
BCB requests a security consultant
"Look providing safety is up to them (Pakistan) and we go there because they assure us to provide state-level security and after they assured us about it, the tour was fixed. I guess you have seen in the Asia Cup that the Bangladesh team traveled to Pakistan and they provided us state-level security and we agreed to go on this tour because they ensured us of that. You might have seen in recent times that some international teams have also visited [Pakistan] and they are quite happy with the security they provided," BCB cricket operation chairman Jalal Yunus told reporters on Wednesday.
"We are also very much concerned about the security but after knowing everything and after getting assurance from them regarding the security we have fixed the tour. At the same time we have requested the government to give us a security consultant during the tour who will maintain communication with them at all times regarding the security issues," he added.
Jalal added that no player had raised any sort of objection or issue with visiting Pakistan for the upcoming tour. The Bangladesh A team will play three 50-over matches and two four-day games in Islamabad before the two-match Test series against Pakistan. Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque alongside a few other Test cricketers were incorporated for the initial four-day game as the travelers believe it to be important for their preparations for the Test series considering they are not scheduled to play any training game in front of the Test in the wake of showing up there on August 17.
India unlikely to travel to Pakistan
Pakistan is also set to host the Champions Trophy 2025. However, BCCI is currently on a firm stand for not sending their team to Pakistan for the mega tournament and as per many reports, a hybrid model is once again being figured out for the Men in Blue side. However, many former Pakistan cricketers have requested the BCCI and Indian players to come and visit Pakistan but as for now, it is unlikely to happen.
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