AUS, NZ to tour Bangladesh !

Just rewind a decade back, and think about the position of Bangladeshi team in International Cricket ? They would be fighting for a spot in the qualifiers along with the associate nations, to find a berth in any of the ICC Events. Either it is World Cup, or T20 WC or even Champions Trophy, they are the ones who struggle to find themselves in the top eight. But, now ? They have seen a tremendous growth in cricket, particularly in the way they approach the game. As a result of this, many nations have started planning to tour Bangladesh !

Usually, the Asian nations would be touring the most part of Bangladesh. Along with that, if at all any series is planned, Bangladeshi team would be on the bottom half of the roller coaster. Apart from that, Bangladeshi cricket team has managed to bring out youngsters and guide them for the benefit of future. This process is strengthened up, which is seen in the results.

Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket team has been scheduled to tour Bangladesh for a limited overs tour. NZ Cricket team is scheduled to play three T20Is, at the month of September, as a preparation for 2021 ICC T20I Cricket World Cup, which is planned to be held at India, in the month of October. Whereas, Cricket Australia has planned to play a T20I Series, at October month.

Earlier, these two teams where planned to tour Bangladesh for a test series, as a part of ICC World Test Championship, one in June and other in October, but both were washed out due to the outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic. Even, these tours aren't possible in the month of April, as there is only one window allotted for the test series against Sri Lanka.

But, as the window got thinner, only a limited overs tour is planned. Also, England cricket team is planned to tour Bangladesh, which is definitely on cards. Due to this, there is a jam packed home season for Bangladeshi cricket team. 

Even though he did not confirm the possibility of a tri-nation series involving the host and the two nations (Australia and England), he did not rule out the possibility either.

"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," Nizamuddin Chowdhary, BCB's Chief Executive said.