The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday announced that they will host Australia and New Zealand in three-match T20 series in September-October 2021. As per reports in the Cricbuzz, the New Zealand side is expected to travel to Bangladesh in September in order to prepare for the 2021 T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, the Australian contingent is expected to arrive in October.
It must be noted that Australia and New Zealand had earlier cancelled the scheduled tour of Bangladesh for a two-match Test series which were also a part of the ICC World Test Championship. However, it had to be cancelled by both the teams due to the coronavirus pandemic.
BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury confirmed that they are planning to host New Zealand and Australia for 3-match T20 series each. However, he ruled out of the prospect of going ahead with their postponed two-match Test series against the same nations. He also confirmed that England will travel to the country for three ODIs and as many T20Is each following the Australia series.
"The England series is already in the FTP. We don't want to comment anything about the T20 tri-nation tournament because everyone needs to agree and we can get a clear picture when we get closer to the dates," he was quoted as saying by the Cricbuzz.
Nizamuddin also added the fact that it is highly impossible to host the two-match Test series against Australia and New Zealand which were part of the ICC Test Championship as there isn’t enough window to play the remainder of the matches. The only time which was available for a possible reschedule was marred by the fact that it has been reserved for a series against Sri Lanka.
"I don't think there is a possibility of playing those Test matches as the final is in April. We have a time slot available in April to play a Test series against Sri Lanka and we are trying to fix dates for those."