Bangladesh to tour West Indies for three T20s

Bangladesh were to play West Indies earlier this year, but the series was postponed owing to the ICC World Cup qualifiers

West Indies will host Bangladesh for three T20Is in August later this year, with St Kitts and Lauderhill the likely venues for the matches.

Bangladesh will take on West Indies in three T20 games in August this year. (AP)

According to a report on ESPNCricinfo, an official at the Florida Stadium confirmed that Cricket West Indies had already wanted the grounds be prepared for a couple of matches. It initially seemed like Pakistan would tour West Indies since the latter had toured the country earlier but Bangladesh also had a tour pending given their initial tour to the Caribbean islands had been postponed since the former World Cup winners had to take part in qualification rounds in March.

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The stadium in Lauderhill is the only ODI-certified venue where matches between two Test teams can be held. The stadium has hosted six T20Is so far with New Zealand and West Indies playing four matches at it. West Indies’ record at the venue is staggering given that they have won three of the four matches they’ve played at the venue so far. They beat New Zealand twice and defeated India once during the latter’s two-match series. The second game was washed out.

Matches are mostly expected to take place during the day since the venue does not have floodlights that are adequate enough to host night games.