Pakistan team arrives in Dhaka for a bilateral series

 DHAKA -Pakistan team arrived in Dhaka today to play the first bilateral series against Bangladesh after 2015.

The series against Bangladesh comprises of three T20 Internationals and
two-match Test series.

The two-match Test series is part of World Test Champions (WTC) and
Bangladesh basically will open their campaign in the second edition of the
WTC with this series.

   Pakistan were scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on November 17 as they were
confident to play the final of the Twenty20 World Cup on November 14. But
they lost their semifinal game to Australia, which forced them to arrive here
earlier than the scheduled time.

   Pakistan team touched the ground at the Hazrat Shahjalal International
Airport in Dhaka at around 8:10 am from Dubai. But the captain Babar Azam and
all-rounder Shoaib Malik did not accompany the team. They will join the side
in Dhaka on November 16, three days ahead of the first T20 International
match. They are currently on four-day break.

   The Pakistan team entered into the hotel directly after reaching Dhaka.
They will not however stay in quarantine if they have two doses of vaccine
and return negative in Covid-19 test. This is the first time any visiting
team in Bangladesh will not stay in quarantine since the outbreak of the
Covid-19.

   This is Pakistan's first bilateral series against Bangladesh after 2015
even though they last came in Bangladesh in 2016 for Asia Cup T20 tournament.
During the only T20 match of the series in 2015 and Asia Cup T20 in 2016,
Bangladesh beat Pakistan and those were two times, they could beat Pakistan
in this format. Overall the two teams played 12 matches and Pakistan won the
rest of the 10 matches.

   Pakistan will be playing the first of the three T20Is against Bangladesh
on November 19 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. The second
and third T20Is will be held on November 20 and 22 respectively at the same
venue.

   All the T20Is will be starting from 2:00pm as per Bangladesh Standard Time
(BST).

   The teams will then travel to Chattogram to play the first Test from
November 26 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. They will then return to
Dhaka for the final fixture of the tour, the second Test, which will be
played from December 4 in Mirpur.BSS