DHAKA: The Bangladesh government yesterday postponed the Pakistan cricket team’s tour scheduled for March and put a stop to all subsequent tours by foreign teams, saying it was unable to guarantee security.
Bangladesh sports minister Ahad Ali Sarker told reporters that the government had decided to stop all sports tours by foreign teams, citing security concerns following a mutiny at a military base in the capital last month.
“Our national security is not yet full-proof. In these circumstances, it is not possible to invite any foreign team. That’s why the tour of Pakistan team has been suspended for now,” he said.
The government postponed the series between Bangladesh and Pakistan on March 5, two days before the Pakistanis were scheduled to arrive for a five One-Day International and two Twenty20 matches.
The bloody BDR mutiny in late Feb and the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore are believed to have influenced the decision to postpone the series.
Media committee chairman of Bangladesh Cricket Board Jalal Younus said the series was yet to be canceled and that they would try to hold the series later this year in discussion with Pakistan Cricket Board.
