India have agreed to play a tri-series in Bangladesh with Pakistan
as the third side in 2008 or 2009.
The matter was discussed at a meeting between the BCCI top brass and
their counterparts in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) here last night.
"We have agreed to play the tri-series in Bangladesh.
I think it can be played in 2008 or 2009," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah
said here today.
"We have to make some adjustments to the ICC calendar.
BCB has readily agreed to all the conditions put before them," Shah said.
Shah is part of the high-level BCCI delegation, led by its
president Sharad Pawar, which visited the port city at the invitation
of the BCB to watch the second Test between the two countries.
The BCCI official said India was prepared to host Bangladesh
for a full series in the near future.
"We are very much willing to call them. We want to help
them. That's the reason we have agreed to play the tri-series. Bangladesh is
welcome to India," Shah said.
India have undertaken bi-lateral tours thrice to Bangladesh
ever since the latter became a Test playing nation. However, Bangladesh are
yet to play any ODI or Test match on Indian soil.
Meanwhile, Shah said the BCCI would also take the opinion of
the senior cricketers of the Indian team before finalising a new coach for the
national squad.
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