Pak to tour BD for 3 T20Is, 2 Tests

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday confirmed the schedule for Pakistan's tour of the country for three T20Is and two Tests, both part of the ICC World Test Championship, in November-December.

This home series against Pakistan is set to be the Tigers' first assignment after the upcoming T20 World Cup, which will be held in the UAE and Oman from October 17 to November 14.

All the T20Is will be held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur and are set to be Day-Night contests. The first T20I is scheduled to be held on November 19 while the second and third T20Is are scheduled for November 20 and 22 respectively.

After the T20Is, the teams will then travel to Chattogram where the first Test will be held at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium from November 26. They will return to Dhaka for the second and final Test, scheduled to be held in Mirpur from December 4.

The Test series will mark the beginning of Bangladesh's campaign in the ICC WTC cycle 2.

This is the first time that the Pakistan team are returning to Bangladesh since the ACC Asia Cup T20 in 2016.