Bangladesh offer to play Pakistan
Pakistan have been invited to play Bangladesh after their expected series with India was called off, a senior Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Wednesday.
An Indian sports ministry official said in New Delhi on
Wednesday that the Indian team's tour of Pakistan, scheduled
from December to February, had been scrapped.
In the light of that decision, BCB general secretary Syed
Ashraful Huq said that Bangladesh had offered to
play Pakistan on a home and away basis.
"Pakistan would tour Bangladesh to play two Tests and
two one-dayers and then we would go to Pakistan
immediately to play an equal number of Tests and
one-day matches," he said.
"The itinerary will be finalised during the meeting of the
Asian Cricket Conference at Sharjah on November 22,"
Huq said.
Bangladesh, who got Test status in June, played their
maiden Test against India this week -- losing by nine
wickets on Monday with one day to spare.
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