India tour of Bangladesh nears approval; Afghanistan T20I could be pushed back

India are likely to travel to Bangladesh for a six-match white-ball series New Delhi: India’s white-ball tour of Bangladesh is nearing approval and the proposed three T20Is against Afghanistan could be pushed back to accommodate fixtures. According to the proposed schedule circulated internally, India was to attack Afghanistan from September 13 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.It is reliably learned that discussions are underway to move the start of this short series to September 17, which would allow enough time for a short tour of Bangladesh after the Sri Lanka Tests. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is interested in a six-match white-ball series in September. Earlier this month, BCB put its TV and digital media rights up for sale. This comes a week after India resumed issuing tourist visas to Bangladeshi nationals, nearly two years after a suspension following the 2024 political unrest in Bangladesh.“We are hoping for a tour. We haven’t got a green signal from BCCI yet, but they also haven’t said that they won’t come. So we hope to get a positive response from BCCI soon,” a top BCB official told this website.Sources close to BCB president-elect Tamim Iqbal said the former Bangladesh captain returned from the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland with some positive signals.The series was originally planned for last year, but was postponed due to political tensions between the two countries.After being appointed BCB director, Tamim told TimesofIndia.com that he was pinning his hopes on the series.“There is a series against India scheduled later this year. I am very hopeful that India will come and play that series. This is one bilateral series that Bangladeshi people really like to watch. Bangladesh did really well in the last series against India,” Tamim said.Now it looks like the decks are clear for India to travel to Bangladesh after four years.