The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said they are optimistic about hosting Australia for a five-match T20 series even as several issues regarding the series in August is yet to be finalised, reports Cricbuzz.
Cricket Australia (CA), on Wednesday, announced an 18-member squad for the tour of West Indies and Bangladesh. However, they stated that the five-match T20 tour of Bangladesh is yet to be confirmed as the tour is subject to agreement on bio-security arrangements and relevant government approvals.
CA demanded that there should be no outside boarders in the team hotel during their stay in Bangladesh as part of precaution against the coronavirus.
Tourists are also reluctant to go through the immigration centre after arriving in Dhaka and want to reach the hotel straight from the tarmac of the airport to avoid any chances of infecting coronavirus, through the public present at the immigration centre and the surrounding areas of the airport.
BCB had planned to host the series in Chattogram and Dhaka but CA is reluctant to accept it as they demanded that all five T20s should be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.
BCB earlier announced that Australia will arrive after completing their stint in West Indies and Nizamuddin Chowdhury, chief executive of the board, said that he is hopeful that it will remain that way despite all the uncertainties as they are expecting to sort out all the issues sooner than later.
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