Bangladesh postpone approaching Sri Lanka tour
Twenty-four hours following the postponement of their home series against New Zealand, Bangladesh possess deferred their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. The groups were scheduled to enjoy three Assessments in the July-August period.
The BCB informed SLC of its unpreparedness on Wednesday, this means both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will stay out of action as a result of Covid-19 pandemic.
The BCB hasn't yet commenced any sort of training of its cricketers with the Shere Bangla National Stadium, cricket's headquarters in the country, well within a virus "red zone". Bangladesh's count of these infected by the virus features crossed the 100,000 mark, with 1,502 officially counted dead by June 23. Before this week, cricketers Mashrafe Mortaza and Nazmul Islam, in addition to previous batsman Nafees Iqbal. examined Covid positive.
So far, this is Bangladesh's fifth postponement since March, following second Test against Pakistan in Karachi (April), the tour of the united kingdom and Ireland (May), and the house series against Australia (June) and New Zealand (August-September).
Sri Lanka is found in an improved situation than Bangladesh with regards to amounts of Covid-18=9 cases and deaths, but it has also had its show of postponements. In addition to the England team returning house from Sri Lanka after two practice complements, South Africa and India have also postponed tours of the island.
Source: Espncricinfo
