Australia announced their next series which will be away from home as they will play against Bangladesh in 2020, with the Bangladesh Cricket Board announcing a two-Test series between the sides. Besides that, the two teams will also play three T20Is.

“We were supposed to host two Tests in February, but now the Test series will be played in June-July 2020,” Bangladesh’s cricket operations chief Akram Khan was quoted by local media as saying. “Initially, we were expecting to host Australia for a two-match Twenty20 International series in October, but now they have agreed to play three T20 internationals and it will be played ahead of the World T20 in India, though we are yet to finalise the date,” he added.

Peter Roach, the Cricket Australia’s head of cricket operations was also happy with the new schedule as he thought the timing of the series earlier was now in a good time, as the T20I series originally scheduled for next month and set to feature only 2 games.

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“We are delighted to be touring Bangladesh in June 2020. The two boards felt this was a more beneficial timing for the two Test series than the original date. It should be a terrific series,” he shared.

The last time when Australia toured Bangladesh it was in 2017 for a two-Test series. The series ended in a 1-1 draw after Bangladesh won the first Test at Mirpur and Australia won the second Test match at Chittagong. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan performed brilliantly in his side’s win.