Australia wants to play ODI in Bangladesh tour

The Dhaka Times Desk Australia wants to play ODIs, not Tests, when Bangladesh comes on tour. Earlier, they canceled the Bangladesh tour citing security reasons.

After 9 long years, Australia was supposed to visit Bangladesh to play a two-match Test series, but Australia postponed the tour citing security risks. However, after England's tour of Bangladesh, they changed their decision to play in Bangladesh. However, according to a reliable source, Australia is interested in visiting Bangladesh and playing ODIs instead of Tests.

According to the Bangladesh-Australia proposed schedule, the first Test in Chittagong is scheduled to start from August 27. After the Eid-ul-Azha break, the probable date for the start of the second Test at Dhaka's Mirpur Stadium is September 6. However, according to the pre-arranged schedule, the Australian cricket team will come to India to play five ODIs and a T20 series on October 23. Since they will only come to India to play ODIs, the Australian team wants to complete their preparations with Bangladesh.

While Australia have yet to officially announce their ODI stance, they have only hinted in form to the BCB. But only time will tell whether the Australian cricket team will actually come to play.