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What should PCB do about the Bangladesh tour?

What should PCB do about the Bangladesh tour?

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The delays from BCB's side seem to be endless and time is running short. There are already going to be complications if the series happens as matches will have to be on very short notice.

Should PCB continue to be patient or should they take some firmer action?
 
PCB should pressure ICC to grant 120 fair points to Pakistan and call of the series between the two teams. Enough is enough.
 
Why does PCB need to do anything? Just wait for a few days for BCB decision and then do whatever is required.
How difficult is that??
 
Scrap the tour, what a massive waste of time to play a side that doesnt even deserve to have test status right now.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Scrap the tour, what a massive waste of time to play a side that doesnt even deserve to have test status right now.
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That is a foolish line of thought.

We are in a precarious situation. We dont have the upper hand yet. We should show patience here and humbleness. One should know when to be offensive and defensive. We have to get the tour done because once Bangladesh tours they will never have an excuse to not tour again.

As they say in punjabi, eak wari jakka khul jaway tei firr asan oo janda aey

Sun Tzu: “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
 
PCB can't do anything now they don't have anytime left, a month back this poll and some PCB action would've been relevant, mind you this is the second time that they've been taken for a ride by a BCB CEO after 2012.

Mani has wasted one whole month. PCB should've canceled NOCs for players participating in the BPL. Afridi was participating in BPL but returned in December. The statements coming from the BCB freak Nazmul Hasan were sending a very wrong message to the world and he buys more time to defame Pakistan through speculations in indian websites like cricbuzz and when his decision comes PCB has no other option than ICC. All this while we have given a lot more attention and time talking about a 9th ranked minnow team. I doubt Bangladesh team would've been able to draw even 30% of the interest
 
How can fans NOT want to see more cricket?

I would say to PCB, schedule t20's first, and then once it goes through well(iA) the test series will happen too.
 
PCB first needs to let ICC know of the timeline under which if informed by BCB they can hold the series otherwise its not possible and ICC should start thinking of how the points will be divided based upon these excuses as this is more important than people realize as it will set the precedent for future test championship points and what are acceptable reasons or not.

Then PCB just needs to sit back and watch this theatrical masterpiece unfold.
 
Nothing just wait to see if they are coming or not - If not let ICC decide how to distribute points.
 
PCB seem to be of the opinion that they should let things be and see how it all ends up - dont want to take rash decisions.
 
PCB could potentially postpone the tour if BCB doesn't agree to play in Pakistan. Maybe postpone the tour till April-May?

PCB should not however agree to play Bangladesh at a neutral venue, no room for compromises.
 
play the LOIs, we need practice before t20 world cup. as far as tests, ask ICC to force them to either play the series in pakistan or give us the points. nobody in pakistan cares about the test matches, so free points will be better. but the LOI series should go on as planned, stadiums will be packed
 
Scrap the tour. Imagine begging Bangladesh out of all the countries they could beg.
 
Playing against Bangladesh is like compromising on quality. PCB has done way too much then it needed too
 
Bangladeshi Board is trying to delay things till the BPL is over so that they can cancel at the last minute and prevent the PCB cancelling the NOC's of the Pakistani players in the BPL
 
This is a harsh reality check for PCB.

PCB can't be choosers. They are bound to patiently wait till boards are comfortable.
 
Savak said:
Playing against Bangladesh is like compromising on quality. PCB has done way too much then it needed too
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If that was the case, we wouldnt be too worried about it.

But we are, and this tour is important.
 
Bangladesh are acting like their own country's a utopia.
They're a third world country.

It would have made sense if a western country had been hesitant in accepting this tour but a third world country?
Nah.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
Bangladesh are acting like their own country's a utopia.
They're a third world country.

It would have made sense if a western country had been hesitant in accepting this tour but a third world country?
Nah.
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In first 10 days of new year 2020, there has already been a deadly terrorist attack in Quetta. Players and sports are comfortable in a safe environment. Their performance is affected by the psychology involved. I doubt the recent incident will help our cause.
 
adil79 said:
In first 10 days of new year 2020, there has already been a deadly terrorist attack in Quetta. Players and sports are comfortable in a safe environment. Their performance is affected by the psychology involved. I doubt the recent incident will help our cause.
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Do you know how many murders and injustice happen in BD every day? Its just as bad.
 
adil79 said:
In first 10 days of new year 2020, there has already been a deadly terrorist attack in Quetta. Players and sports are comfortable in a safe environment. Their performance is affected by the psychology involved. I doubt the recent incident will help our cause.
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You choose if you want to be safe or not in Pakistan.

Balochistan isn't safe and everyone knows that which is why there are no matches being hosted there.

Punjab and Sindh is.

70% of last year's attacks happened in Balochistan.

So this excuse can't be used here.
 
adil79 said:
In first 10 days of new year 2020, there has already been a deadly terrorist attack in Quetta. Players and sports are comfortable in a safe environment. Their performance is affected by the psychology involved. I doubt the recent incident will help our cause.
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And how many people in shooting have died in US till now in the first 10 days?

Every other province of Pakistan is as safe as ever and Balochistan will be soon. No matches are planned to happen in Quetta at the moment, every country has sensitive zones and areas and it doesnt mean you can hold the sporting events in other parts.
 
Titan24 said:
And how many people in shooting have died in US till now in the first 10 days?

Every other province of Pakistan is as safe as ever and Balochistan will be soon. No matches are planned to happen in Quetta at the moment, every country has sensitive zones and areas and it doesnt mean you can hold the sporting events in other parts.
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Exactly.

Look at this:
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Balochistan and KPK are completely different to the rest of Pakistan in terms of security.

84% of deaths by terrorism happened in these two provinces. 84%. These two provinces account for only 45 million of Pakistan's 200 million strong population.
 
We should not give much attention to BD. they have a biased attitudes. Also they are not that important either PCB must focus on other teams which matter more. after SL and WI we probably need to invite SA or NZ even if for a short T 20 series. it will b more valuable to us.

As far as BD let themselves decide and than pay back in same coin when its our trun.
 
Here's what PCB should do if Bangladesh refuses Test match invite:
1) Play the T20 series
2) Ask ICC to forfeit the Test series and award points to Pakistan. Given that Bangladesh would have already played T20's in Pakistan, they would no longer be able to use "security" as an excuse & the ICC would have no choice but to award the points to Pakistan.
 
Both Boards are caught between a rock and a hard place.

PCB wants to push BCB but not too hard which would result in the tour being called-off. BCB are trying to keep too many people happy, including people who have no right to be involved in negotiations.
 
I will mention a couple with regards to the bomb blast in Quetta.

First, one or even a few incidents don't suggest a trend. Statistically, Pakistan was the safest in multiple decades in the year 2019. But yet there were a few bomb blasts in 2019, primarily in Balochistan. You have to look at trends and statistics to decide whether a place is safe or not. An incident or two is meaningless in the big picture.

Second, as others have been pointing out, the blast happened in Quetta. Balochistan had several incidents in 2019, and yet overall Pakistan was very safe in 2019. Balochistan is a different equation and can't be used as a yardstick for the rest of Pakistan.
 
If BD does not tour then Pakistan should never tour BD either as there is no excuse especailly when SL visited Pak quite recently.
 
Do the T20 like they asked, get them back for the test. Do exactly what they did with SL. Simple solution really. Point of this tour is to strengthen the relationship and have another country touring pak on a regular basis. Stupidity on PCBs end trying to flex, BCB is being stupid here aswell for making PCB run around. Simple solution, both parties are making it hard and media is not making it easy either.
 
Rudi hater said:
If BD does not tour then Pakistan should never tour BD either as there is no excuse especailly when SL visited Pak quite recently.
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BCCI will like exactly that! There’s time to be arrogant and time be humble!

This is the time for PCB to be a little...
 
Rudi hater said:
If BD does not tour then Pakistan should never tour BD either as there is no excuse especailly when SL visited Pak quite recently.
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As in politics and in life - never say never!

Cooler heads need to prevail for the benefit of all parties.
 
The final decision will be made by the BCB within a few hours. Most likely they will make their final demand regarding the tour and let PCB accept it or reject it.

So far the PCB has done well to be patient and wait and see. The BCB has just looked disorganized.

IMO, the PCB should try to accomodate any proposal from the BCB given that both boards need this tour, but PCB has more to gain (BCB has more to lose, but the BCB administrators are not thinking that far ahead).
 
Time wasting tactics for BCB and am sure some rubbish proposal will be made. PCB just need to move on.
 
Not sure how much currency the 120 points holds for Bangladesh.

They won't be in contention for the top-8, leave alone the top-4, so they likely won't care about the points at all.
 
PCB should be smart abt it. Play the T20 series, try out new players. Play the test series later on, PCB are not in a position to be dictating terms, we should welcome any series at the moment, which can open the doors for teams like SA, Aus, Eng, Nzl to visit us in the near future. Regarding test i think we should delay till March and let them decide when they are comfortable. Lets not be naive and start braking relationships with everyone. We need to build a platform for safe environment at the moment. What happened in Quetta cannot be ignored, it shows we are still in unpredictable environment in terms of safety. BCB should also be supportive here and do tour tests later on.
 
Varun said:
Not sure how much currency the 120 points holds for Bangladesh.

They won't be in contention for the top-8, leave alone the top-4, so they likely won't care about the points at all.
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Kills the point of having them in the competition isn't it?
 
If there was no World Test Championship, I suspect this tour would have been called off last year.

Neither board wants to forfeit the points, but neither board wants to be seen as "caving in" to the other boards pressure.
 
Scrap it. If BCB had given legitimate reasons, it would've been fine.

But not choosing to play because of ME tensions is absolutely ridiculous. The truth is that BCB just don't want to tour Pakistan for whatever reasons, they'll find any excuse possible just to not come and play in Pakistan.
I say, just scrap it and move on.
 
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Scrap or have ICC pay for losses playing it overseas if they forced the issue since it is counted for WTC.
 
Dont give a damn about them but make them suffer in the ICC and publically bad mouth them as much as possible and make sure they forfeit their test championship points in favor of Pakistan.
 
PCB is now looking to try to persuade BCB to play 1 Test and 3 T20Is. The cat and mouse games continue.
 
Saj said:
PCB is now looking to try to persuade BCB to play 1 Test and 3 T20Is. The cat and mouse games continue.
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PCB again trying to bully BCB. Even SRL didn't play both T20Is and Test together. They split it out. So what's the problem when BCB suggested this?

If I were PCB, I would gladly accept BCB offer for T20s now and reschedule the Test later in the year. It's really that simple now. BCB is willing to tour, but its uptown PCB to accept it.
 
BDfanforever said:
PCB again trying to bully BCB. Even SRL didn't play both T20Is and Test together. They split it out. So what's the problem when BCB suggested this?

If I were PCB, I would gladly accept BCB offer for T20s now and reschedule the Test later in the year. It's really that simple now. BCB is willing to tour, but its uptown PCB to accept it.
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I agree pcb should host Bangladesh for T20s and hopefully arrange atleast one test during ipl window

Pakistan have to host another test team before SA tour to have a good profile. So I don’t think later this year is an option
 
Bangladeshis always have the dagger out for Pakistan. It is so unfortunate that another muslim country cannot do what a non muslim country did. I can't even say India is blackmailing Bangladesh because I know for a fact Bangalis hate us more, they propogate false lies about 1971 when they themselves indulged in some henious crimes through mukhti bani. But inshallah karma is real, what goes around comes around. Good times are coming back for our country and we will remember this.
 
BDfanforever said:
PCB again trying to bully BCB. Even SRL didn't play both T20Is and Test together. They split it out. So what's the problem when BCB suggested this?

If I were PCB, I would gladly accept BCB offer for T20s now and reschedule the Test later in the year. It's really that simple now. BCB is willing to tour, but its uptown PCB to accept it.
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Do you feel belittled that Pakistan offered SRL option to play T20 first then comeback for tests? Is that how petty your board is? Would giving you the same privilege make up for the fact Bangladesh is almost a non entity in Tests?
 
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sjahmed23 said:
Do you feel belittled that Pakistan offered SRL option to play T20 first then comeback for tests? Is that how petty your board is? Would giving you the same privilege make up for the fact Bangladesh is almost a non entity in Tests?
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Bangladesh's ranking or position in Tests is immaterial to what is happening currently. It is about bringing international test cricket to Pakistan. That's all.
 
BaankeJi said:
Bangladesh's ranking or position in Tests is immaterial to what is happening currently. It is about bringing international test cricket to Pakistan. That's all.
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Clearly for them it's about score settling and making life difficult for Pakistanis. They obviously have no pride in their test cricket so they are using this opportunity to salvage some self esteem and overcome life long inferior complex.
 
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Even if BCB agree to play 1 test after so much persuasion, it will defeat the real cause of PCB.

BCB is simply not worth it.
 
Next time, PCB should refuse to visit Bangladesh because of tensions in South China sea, or something similar or East Asia. Because that's basically equivalent to what BCB is doing here.
 
Cancel/Scrap the tour once and for all with all this nuisance of going backwards and forwards for the past month wasting so much time and effort that could have been used towards the PSL that starts in under a month.
 
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