DHAKA – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan has said thatthe country’s cricketers will not be pressurised by the board to travel toPakistan for the upcoming Test and Twenty20 International (T20I) seriesagainst the Men in Green, scheduled to take place in January next year.
While speaking to reporters at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka,Nazmul emphasised that the opinion of the Bangladesh cricketers will be ofparamount importance with regards to deciding the fate of the tour.
“We cannot force our players to go to Pakistan. If any player doesn’t wantto go, he will not go there,” said Nazmul. “We will not pressurise anyone.The board will not pressurise any player to go to Pakistan. I don’t thinkit’s time to talk about the replacement team. It will depend on thesituations.”
“We want to hear who wants to go or who doesn’t. There are a lot of mattersincluding the board. After getting the clearance we will sit to discussabout these things. We hope that we can make a final decision within nextfour to five days,” he added.
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Bangladesh Women’s and Under-16 team has already toured Pakistan earlierthis year for a full series.
BCB chairman said that they are currently awaiting the security report todecide on the next course of action.
