Cricket Australia (CA) and the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) have agreed for an additional two more games in their upcoming T20I series, slated to be held in the last week of July.
The Australia cricket team will reach Bangladesh directly after completing their limited-overs tour of the West Indies on July 24, where they are scheduled to play five T20Is and three ODIs.
“As you may have known, Australia have agreed to increase their T20I series from three to five matches. It will be held over eight or nine days. We are trying to be well prepared for the World Cup T20,” BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan told reporters.
After Australia, New Zealand will tour Bangladesh for a three-match T20I rubber.
Earlier, CA had initially planned for a three-match series however, as per reports, the BCB were planning for an additional two games in the tour, dates and venues of which are yet to be announced.
Significantly, Australia were scheduled to tour Bangladesh for two tests in 2020 hwoever, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This will be only the fourth time ever that Australia will tour Bangladesh following tours in 2005-06, 2011 and 2017.