Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday confirmed that the country will host Bangladesh for a five-match T20I series-the Future Tour Program (FTP) was originally part of three Odis and three T20Is.
However, in the light of the next year’s T20 World Cup, both boards have mutually agreed to replace ODIs with two additional T20Is, read the PCB press release.
The five -match T20I series will be played from 25 May to 3 June in Faisalbad and Lahore.
The Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad, which successfully hosted the inaugural Champions One-Day Cup in September last year and will be determined last month on 25 May and 27 May, the first and second T20I of the National T20 Cup, series of series.
The site has first hosted 24 tests and 16 Odis between 1978 and 2008 and will welcome international cricket after a span of 17 years. In April 2008, the last international stability of the stadium was a ODI between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium will host the remaining three T20I, which is scheduled on 30 May, 1 June and 3 June. All five matches will start at 8 pm.
The Bangladesh team will arrive on 21 May and will pass through training sessions at Iqbal Stadium from 24 May 22 to 24 May.
T20i Series Schedule
May 25 – First T20I at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad (8PM local time)
May 27 – Second T20I at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalbad (8PM local time)
May 30 – Third T20i in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (8PM local time)
June 1 – Fourth T20i in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (8PM local time)
June 3 – Fifth T20I in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (8PM local time)
