Due to the recent surge of Covid-19 cases in the country, the Under-19 cricket series between Bangladesh and Pakistan has been postponed indefinitely, confirmed Bangladesh Cricket Board CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury. In this tour, Pakistan U-19 was scheduled to play a four-day and five one-day matches against their Bangladeshi counterparts. Also read: BCB eyes long-term plan to prepare U-19 cricketers for future “We have been in continuous communication with the Pakistan board. We will host the series at a convenient time in the coming months,” he told the reporters on Saturday. “It’ll possible when we get a situation to host an international team, and we obviously try to host them as early as possible,” he further added. Also read: World champion U-19 cricketers to get Tk1 lakh each per month A weeklong lockdown to curb the transmission of Covid-19 was imposed in Bangladesh on April 5 which will come to an end on Sunday. But it apparently is proved to be ineffective as it was unplanned as according to the expert. The government had to backtrack some decisions during the lockdown. Now, the authority has announced that a stricter lockdown will be enforced from April 14 when except for some emergency services, everything will remain closed.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) wants to play all the matches which have been postponed due to the Covid-19 situation, said its CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury.