BCB adamant on home status of Pakistan tour

Nizamuddin Chowdhury, the Bangladesh Cricket Board's CEO, has reiterated his board's stance on the status of Pakistan's scheduled tour of Bangladesh as the latter's home series. He also said that the BCB will discuss and decide on the Pakistan Cricket Board's proposal to share profit and exchange tours.

According to the current Future Tours Programme, Bangladesh are scheduled to host Pakistan for two Tests, three ODIs and a T20 between April 10 and May 7. On Tuesday, however, the PCB claimed that the tour was "technically" a home series for Pakistan as Bangladesh had failed to tour Pakistan in 2012.

"It is clear from our end: this is our home series," Chowdhury told reporters at the BCB headquarters in Mirpur on Wednesday. "There should not be a problem about the tour's status. It will have the standard practices of a home series. Now the PCB has put forward a proposal. They are probably considering the matter by taking their predicament into consideration.

"Airfare or daily allowance or any other cost, these are all in [PCB's] proposal. The main point is that they have made a financial demand. We will discuss it in the board and let the PCB know of our decision."

The PCB said it was being "exceptionally fair" in asking the BCB to pay a certain percentage of the revenue to offset the tour costs. According to Chowdhury, the tour falls under the 2014-2019 FTP cycle and the BCB would thus have to follow the stipulations of the current programme, including those related to financial transactions.

"The tour falls under the new FTP. It is hard to tell how these proportions are made under this FTP since it has only started in April 2014. There is some stuff like balance tour or additional matches," he said. "I think we will consider these factors under the current FTP.

"Financial issues always come with the FTP. If you end up playing an extra Test, ODI or T20, the financial transaction that comes with it is mentioned in the FTP."