Bangladesh will have the Asia Cup cricket for the third time running in February and March regardless of late security fears which incited Australia to cross out a visit, the national cricket boss said.
At a meeting in Singapore this week, the Asian Cricket Council chose Bangladesh will hold the competition, to be played in the Twenty20 configuration surprisingly, just before the ICC World T20 in neighboring India.
"Pakistan suggested that Bangladesh ought to have one year from now's Asia Cup and everybody concurred," Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan told columnists late Wednesday. Including five Asian nations, the competition will be played from February 24 to March 6, with the World T20 running from March to April.
Test countries Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will get direct section. Afghanistan, Oman, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates will play a qualifying competition in November in the UAE for the fifth spot.
Bangladesh additionally facilitated the competition in 2012 and 2014, alongside 2000 and 1988.
Australia's cricketers had been due to play a two-Test arrangement in Bangladesh this month yet the visit was scrapped after authority Australian notices that aggressors might assault Western hobbies.
At a meeting in Singapore this week, the Asian Cricket Council chose Bangladesh will hold the competition, to be played in the Twenty20 configuration surprisingly, just before the ICC World T20 in neighboring India.
"Pakistan suggested that Bangladesh ought to have one year from now's Asia Cup and everybody concurred," Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan told columnists late Wednesday. Including five Asian nations, the competition will be played from February 24 to March 6, with the World T20 running from March to April.
Test countries Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will get direct section. Afghanistan, Oman, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates will play a qualifying competition in November in the UAE for the fifth spot.
Bangladesh additionally facilitated the competition in 2012 and 2014, alongside 2000 and 1988.
Australia's cricketers had been due to play a two-Test arrangement in Bangladesh this month yet the visit was scrapped after authority Australian notices that aggressors might assault Western hobbies.
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