Pakistan tour of Bangladesh 2021

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Bangladesh Cricket Board, BCB, has arranged a home series against Pakistan. Pakistan already landed in Dhaka ahead of this series. The series will be in two formats, T20 and Test match. Pakistan will play a three-match T20 series against Bangladesh. After the T20 series, they will play two test matches as well.

Fixtures & Venues

The T20 series will start first. The first match of the T20 series will start tomorrow. Here are the full fixtures and venues,

Matches Local Time & Date Venues
1st T20 19th Nov, 2:00 PM Sher-E Bangla Stadium
2nd T20 20th Nov, 2:00 PM Sher-E Bangla Stadium
3rd T20 22 Nov, 2:00 PM Sher-E Bangla Stadium
1st Test 26-30 Nov, 10:00 AM Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
2nd Test 4-8 Dec, 10:00 AM Sher-E Bangla Stadium

Squad Information

Both Pakistan and Bangladesh have published their squad list ahead of the T20 series. Pakistan almost have the same players as the T20 World Cup. On the other side, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has made some changes to the squad for the T20 series.

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Squad of Pakistan

  1.  Asif Ali
  2.  Babar Azam ©
  3.  Fakhar Zaman
  4.  Haider Ali
  5.  Khushdil Shah
  6.  Shoaib Malik
  7.  Iftekhar Ahmed
  8.  Imad Wasim
  9.  Mohammad Nawaz
  10.  Shadab Khan
  11.  Mohammad Rizwan
  12.  Sarfaraz Ahmed
  13.  Haris Rauf
  14.  Hasan Ali
  15.  Shaheen Afridi

Squad of Bangladesh

  1. Mohammad Naim
  2. Nazmul Hossain Shanto
  3. Saif Hasan
  4. Yasir Ali
  5. Mahmudullah ©
  6. Afif Hossain
  7. Mehedi Hasan
  8. Shamim Hossain
  9. Aminul Islam
  10. Nurul Hasan
  11. Akhbar Ali
  12. Mustafizur Rahman
  13. Shoriful Islam
  14. Taskin Ahmed
  15. Nasum Ahmed

Reactions

As Bangladesh have dropped many senior cricketers such as Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal, fans did not take it positively. They trolled Bangladesh Cricket Board on social media. Chief selector Minhajul Abedin said,

We have four back-to-back Tests matches against Pakistan and New Zealand. He [Rahim] is a key player. He is one of our best players. Tamim Iqbal is already injured. He is in doubt for the Test series. We want our best player to give his best during the Test series, so after consulting extensively with the team management, we have decided to rest him. It is only for the Pakistan series. He will be available later.