Bangladesh has cancelled its cricket team’s tour to Pakistan, citing security reasons for the players despite Islamabad’s all out assurances.
The BCB chief Nazmul Hasan, while speaking to media in his country, has reportedly said that Bangladesh has decided that the board would not send the cricket team to Pakistan, saying that “security situation is not ideal there.”
“We have still concerns over security matters in Pakistan where the situation is not so far satisfactory for us,” Hasan told reporters.
PCB was later officially informed of the decision.
Bangladesh had agreed to send a team to Pakistan in April this year to play a Twenty20 match and one-day international in Lahore. However, the Dhaka High Court issued a restraining order stopping Bangladesh from playing in Pakistan due to security concerns.
Eight Pakistanis were killed and six Sri Lanka players wounded in 2009 when gunmen fired on their coach as they were being driven to the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore.