New Zealand will tour Bangladesh for six white-ball matches in April and May, though it is expected that they will send a depleted squad with several of their players at the PSL and IPL.
The BCB had also issued partial NOCs to six Bangladesh cricketers who are playing in the PSL this season. Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nahid Rana, Tanzid Hasan, Rishad Hossain and Parvez Hossain Emon are going to miss the team’s preparatory camp in Dhaka, but they will be back in phases when they are picked for the ODI and T20Is against New Zealand.
New Zealand will arrive in Dhaka on April 13 and play the first two ODIs at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on April 17 and 20. The teams will travel to Chattogram to play the third ODI on April 23.
There are likely to be thunderstorms during this time of the year in Dhaka and Chattogram. New Zealand had won their previous ODI series in Bangladesh in 2023, while the two teams drew the return series in New Zealand later in the same year.
Following the conclusion of the ODI series, the teams will play a T20I series, starting with two matches on April 27 and 29 in Chattogram. They will return to Dhaka to play the last T20I on May 2.
They last played a bilateral T20I series in 2021, when Bangladesh won the 5-match series by a 3-2 margin. New Zealand last played in Bangladesh in 2023, when they played three ODIs and two Tests.