Australia’s two-match Test series against Bangladesh has been postponed. There was also a plan for a T20I tour which also got postponed according to the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
The story
Australia were about to travel to Bangladesh in February 2020 for a Test match series. The fixtures are part of World Test Championship which will now be played into June-July 2020. After a discussion Bangladesh Cricket Board and Australia Cricket Board, both decided to postpone the tours.
Australia’s tour of Bangladesh for a T20I series also got postponed. It was supposed to be held in October this year and Australia were about to play two T20 matches. But now a three-match series will be organized in 2021 ahead of the eighth edition of the T20 World Cup which will be held in India.
BCB says
“According to the FTP, we were supposed to host two Tests in February but now the Test series will be played in June-July 2020,” BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan informed reporters. Khan also explained about the T20 series, “Initially we were expecting to host Australia for a two-match Twenty20 International series in October but now they have agreed to play three T20 internationals and it will be played ahead of the World T20 in India, though we are yet to finalise the date.”
Bangladesh begin their Test Championship campaign with a two-match Test series against India, scheduled in November this year. Australia began theirs already with the five-Test Ashes series in England, from which they came away with 56 points. India, No.1 team in the ICC Test Rankings are the only undefeated team among those who have already started to play the Championship. India managed to return from their West Indies tour with 120 points after a clear 2-0 sweep. The last time Australia toured Bangladesh was in 2017. In an extremely closely contested two-Test series both won one match each.
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