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New Zealand tour of Bangladesh 2023 Blackcaps to enter in Tigers' den on Sep 17
New Zealand tour of
Bangladesh 2023
Blackcaps
to enter in Tigers' den on Sep 17
Bangladesh
will host New Zealand for three ODIs and couple of Tests this year. The
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the itinerary for the forthcoming New
Zealand's tour of Bangladesh which includes three ODIs and two Tests.
The Tigers are now getting ready for the ACC
Asia Cup, which is slated to be held between August 30 and September 17 and the
New Zealanders will arrive in Dhaka on the day of the Asia Cup final. Hosts and
guests will engage in a three-match ODI series, which will be held on September
21, 23 and 26 respectively. Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium will host
all three day-night matches. Both the sides then will go to India to take part
in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, which is going to begin on October 5 with
the final on November 19.
The Blackcaps will arrive in Bangladesh from
India again to play the two-match Test series, which will be the first ODI and
Test series for New Zealand in Bangladesh after 2013. The Tests are the parts
of the 2023-25 ICC World Test Championship and the first WTC series for
Bangladesh in the new cycle.
The first Test of the series will take place
between November 28 and December 2, while the 2nd and the last Test will be
played between December 6 and 10. The venue for the red-ball affairs are yet to
be finalised.
Soon after this series, the two sides will engage again in
New Zealand as Bangladesh national cricket team will visit New Zealand by the
3rd week of December this year to play three ODIs and as many T20i matches. The
tour is the part of the Future Tour Programs (FTP) of the ICC.
The tour will begin with the ODI match slated
for December 17 at Dunedin, followed by next two matches on December 20 and 23
at Nelson and Napier respectively. Napier will host the first of the three T20i
matches as well and the match will be held on December 27 while the next two
matches of the series will take place at Tauranga on December 29 and 31
correspondingly.