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Bangladesh is likely to compete in a T20 Tri-Nation series in February 2026, with Australia and Pakistan as the other two teams. A source of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has revealed that the conversations took place among officials, but there is no official confirmation yet.
Australia is already scheduled to visit Pakistan for a three -game T20I series In February 2026. However, both Cricket Australia (CA) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) now discuss the idea of expanding the three-game T20i series in a T20 Tri-Nation series with Bangladesh as a third side.
Bangladesh at Talks for T20 Tri-Series with Australia, Pakistan
The Cricket Australia (CA) motif and the idea of PCB is to give the three teams: Australia, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the practice of quality of the ICC T20 of the ICC T20 2026, which will be organized jointly by India and Sri Lanka in February and March.
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Cricket Australia always interprets it intelligently when the ICC event is programmed in the subcontinent series, programming with the teams. By 2021, Australia played a T20I series in Bangladesh before the CPI 2023 World Cup in India and traveled by Sri Lanka ahead of ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Following the pattern, the CA does not plan to take a step further ahead of the World Cup of the ICC T20 2026, as, together with the PCB, they are considering convincing the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for a series of Tri-Nation with the place of Pakistan or Bangladesh.
Mohsin Naqvi and Aminul Islam Bulbul to meet in Dhaka
According to the report, Pakistan wants to include Bangladesh, especially after the recent improvements in the relationships between the PCB and the BCB. However, Pakistan has not yet made a formal proposal, but the first discussions are underway between the Cricket Council.
The President of the PCB and the President of the ACC, Mohsin Naqvi, is currently in Bangladesh for the annual general meeting of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) from July 24 to 25 in Dhaka. Naqvi is expected to meet with BCB President Aminul Islam Bulbul, apart from the meeting to explore the possibility of organizing the T20 Tri-Nation series between Pakistan, Bangladesh and Australia.
If it ends, the T20 Tri-Nation series would have seven games with each team facing the other two times, followed by a final between the two main parts. The final schedule And the places will be decided once the three boards reach an agreement.
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Bangladesh Eye T20 Tri-Series Boost; Afghanistan approved PCB plans
Well, Bangladesh will have a free August window after its series of white balls against Pakistan at home, as the scheduled tour of India has been promoted until September 2026.
With the Asia Cup 2025 nearby, the BCB officials consider T20 Tri-Nation with Pakistan and Australia to provide such a necessary impetus ahead of the ICC T20 2026 World Cup.
In addition, the plans are underway to turn the next T20i series of Pakistan against Afghanistan in the T20 Tri-Nation series, adding the United Arab Emirates as the third team and host.
Originally, Pakistan welcomed Afghanistan for three T20is in August. But now, the PCB has suggested a more competitive format to prepare for better for Asia Copa 2025 and the ICC T20 2026 World Cup.
