BCB requests government to provide security consultant for Pakistan tour

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officials said that they have requested the government to assign them a security consultant during their impending tour of Pakistan.

Bangladesh are set to embark on a tour of Pakistan later this month, where they will play two Tests against Shan Masood and Co. The first Test begins on August 21 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. Meanwhile, the second Test starts on August 30 at the National Stadium in Karachi. These two fixtures are a part of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-2025 cycle.

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The political situation in Pakistan has been a cause of concern for international sides who travel to the cricket-crazy nation.

"Look providing safety is up to them (Pakistan) and we go there because they assure us to provide state-level security and after they assured us about it, the tour was fixed. I guess you have seen in the Asia Cup that the Bangladesh team traveled to Pakistan and they provided us state-level security and we agreed to go on this tour because they ensured us of that. You might have seen in recent times that some international teams have also visited [Pakistan] and they are quite happy with the security they provided," BCB cricket operation chairman Jalal Yunus told reporters on Wednesday.

"We are also very much concerned about the security but after knowing everything and after getting assurance from them regarding the security we have fixed the tour. At the same time we have requested the government to give us a security consultant during the tour who will maintain communication with them at all times regarding the security issues," he added.

Jalal added that no player in the Bangladeshi unit has any objections regarding the upcoming tour of Pakistan. Ahead of the aforementioned tour, the Bangladesh A side will head to Islamabad to play two four-day games and three 50-over matches.

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Experienced players like Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque along with many other Test cricketers were picked in the side for the opening four-day game as the tourists consider it to be part of their preparation for the Test series because they are not scheduled to play any warm-up encounter ahead of the Test after reaching Pakistan on August 17.