BCB requests government for security consultant for Pakistan tour

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officials said that they have requested the government to provide them a security consultant during the forthcoming tour of Pakistan, reports Cricbuzz.

Bangladesh, who will travel to Pakistan on August 17, is set to play a two-match Test series against the host, which is part of ICC Test Championship, at Rawalpindi (21-25 August) and Karachi (30 August-03 September).

Travelling to Pakistan is always considered a concern for international sides due to the country's political situation. "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," said BCB cricket operation chairman Jalal Yunus.

"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," he said.

"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," he said.

"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," he said.

"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 said. Jalal added that no player has any objections with the forthcoming tour of Pakistan.

Before the two-match Test series against Pakistan, the Bangladesh A team will travel to Islamabad for two four-day games and three 50-over matches.

Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque along with several other Test cricketers were included for the opening four-day game as the tourists consider it to be part of their preparation for the Test series considering they are not slated to play any practice game ahead of the Test after arriving there on August 17.