India’s tour of Bangladesh might be postponed but once more


BCB president Tamim Iqbal has hinted that India’s tour of Bangladesh scheduled early subsequent month might be postponed but once more as each the BCCI and the BCB are “in discussions” concerning the tour.

The tour was initially deliberate for August final yr earlier than being deferred to September 2026. The BCB introduced in January that India would play three ODIs and three T20Is in Dhaka and Chattogram. The BCCI, nevertheless, by no means made any public bulletins about it.

Now, with simply two weeks left for the scheduled first ODI (September 3), there are speculations that the dates might be modified once more.

At a press convention in Dhaka, Tamim introduced an age-group event, the Recreation Improvement Trophy. The board additionally launched the event schedule, with all matches to be held on the Shere Bangla Nationwide Stadium from August 28 to September 9.

When requested whether or not this event meant India weren’t coming, Tamim mentioned there might be a slight change within the schedule. “Each boards stay in dialogue concerning the India collection,” he mentioned. “The dates could also be shifted right here or there. This event is being held in Mirpur however it may be shifted to the Basundhara floor in two minutes. If the India collection is locked and stuck, we’ll schedule it accordingly.”

Following the BCB’s announcement of the tour in January, the connection between the 2 boards reached the nadir when the Kolkata Knight Riders withdrew Mustafizur Rahman from this season’s IPL. Following that, the Aminul Islam-led BCB refused to ship the group to the T20 World Cup, which was co-hosted by India.

The connection thawed when Tamim, the brand new BCB president, travelled to India earlier this month to reportedly go to the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.

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