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.
Squad of Pakistan
- Asif Ali
- Babar Azam ©
- Fakhar Zaman
- Haider Ali
- Khushdil Shah
- Shoaib Malik
- Iftekhar Ahmed
- Imad Wasim
- Mohammad Nawaz
- Shadab Khan
- Mohammad Rizwan
- Sarfaraz Ahmed
- Haris Rauf
- Hasan Ali
- Shaheen Afridi
Squad of Bangladesh
- Mohammad Naim
- Nazmul Hossain Shanto
- Saif Hasan
- Yasir Ali
- Mahmudullah ©
- Afif Hossain
- Mehedi Hasan
- Shamim Hossain
- Aminul Islam
- Nurul Hasan
- Akhbar Ali
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Shoriful Islam
- Taskin Ahmed
- 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.