Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan informed on Sunday (Jan. 12) night in a press conference that the board has been given directives from the government to only go for a short tour of Pakistan.
After a board meeting on Sunday, the board has decided that they are only willing to play the T20I series in Pakistan at the moment and cited that the present unrest in the Middle East was the reason behind this particular directive from the government.
After we got security advice regarding the Pakistan tour, we applied for government order (GO) for the whole series. While we haven’t got all the papers in our hand yet, we received a screenshot and have known of the salient points.
The situation in the Middle East is different from other times. Considering the escalating situation in the Middle East, the government has
told that the tour should be as short as possible. We have been given directives to come back following a very short T20I tour, and if the situation improves, then to play the Tests later, the BCB president said.
This is what we have received and we are going to communicate the same thing to the PCB, he added. Pakistan had previously communicated to the BCB that they wanted to priorities the Test series and play the longer format first and reschedule the T20I series for another time.