DHAKA: The BCB president, Nazmul Hassan, has said that he has signed members` participation agreements (MPA) for four tours with the BCCI, which includes Bangladesh`s maiden Test tour to India in 2016.

The other significant agreement, although in principle, has been with Cricket Australia while the ECB did not confirm additional tours.

According to the defunct FTP of 2012-2020, India were supposed to tour Bangladesh in June 2014 (only ODIs) and June 2015 (Tests and ODIs). In addition to these tours, Bangladesh will tour India in 2016 as the latter have slots free after the World Twenty20 and before Champions League. India has also agreed to tour Bangladesh in 2020 to play Tests and ODIs.

"We have signed with India that they will visit us in 2014," Hassan said. "The next year, 2015, India will come to Bangladesh to play Tests. In August and September of 2016, Bangladesh will tour India to play Tests. In June 2020, India will come to play Tests and ODIs.

"Our main objective was to play more Test matches, and tour the big nations. We have confirmed these so far, because every country has a very tight schedule."

The BCB has also secured MPAs with CA for a tour by Australia to Bangladesh in October 2015 to play Tests, as well as the July 2018 tour to play Tests and ODIs in Australia. The additional tour is scheduled for 2021, when Australia will tour Bangladesh.

"We have not signed on it but have principally agreed," Hassan said. "We have to fix the date with them soon. As for England, we haven`t signed anything but they have agreed to honour our FTP till 2020. They have agreed to come twice to Bangladesh."

Source: cricinfo.com
BDST: 1033 HRS, FEB 10, 2014