The Bangladesh government has received a request from the country's cricket board to provide a security consultant for their upcoming tour of Pakistan, as reported by Cricbuzz.
The development comes while the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has repeatedly raised concerns about the Indian team's safety during the ICC Champions Trophy next year in Pakistan. The BCCI awaits permission from the Government of India for the tour.
"We are also very much concerned about the security; but after knowing everything and after getting assurance from them regarding the security, we have fixed the tour," said Jalal Yunus, Bangladesh Cricket Board's cricket operation chairman, while talking to reporters on Wednesday.
"At the same time, we have requested the government to give us a security consultant during the tour who will maintain communication with them at all times regarding the security issues," he added.
Bangladesh are scheduled to play two Tests on their tour of Pakistan, beginning with the first match in Rawalpindi from July 21 and the second in Karachi from August 30.
According to Jalal, none of the Bangladesh players have expressed any reservations about the tour, while adding that teams recently travelling to Pakistan have expressed satisfaction about the security arrangements.
"I guess you have seen in the Asia Cup that the Bangladesh team traveled to Pakistan and they provided us state-level security and we agreed to go on this tour because they ensured us of that," said Jalal.
"You might have seen in recent times that some international teams have also visited (Pakistan) and they are quite happy with the security they provided."
