Australia are all set to land in Dhaka today to take part in
the first-ever bilateral T20I series against the Bangladesh national
cricket team, scheduled to take place in between August 3 to 9. On the
same day the Tigers will also reach Dhaka following a successful
month-long tour of Zimbabwe. It was back in 2017 when the Aussies last toured Bangladesh to take part
in the two-match Test series in which the Tigers registered their
historic, maiden win in the longest format and levelled the series 1-1.
So far the two teams faced each other four times in the shortest format
where all the matches were part of the ICC event.Australia is travelling to Bangladesh following a Covid-19 scare from
their tour of West Indies where one of the staff from West Indies tested
positive, leading to the suspension of the second one-day international
in Barbados. However, resumption quickly took place after all 152
people involved in the series returned negative Covid-19 test results.
Meanwhile, Cricket Australia have given quite a few strict health
protocol requirements which the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is ready
to fulfil for the safety of the players and officials of both the
teams.
"They [Cricket Australia] have requested us for a quick completion of formalities with minimum officials [local] around them in the airport upon arrival. We are arranging that in the best way possible," said BCB CEO Nizamuddin.
BCB is confident of hosting Australia after successfully hosting two
international series at home -- West Indies in January and Sri Lanka in
May -- and also two domestic tournaments amid the pandemic.
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