Cricket West Indies have confirmed their tour to Bangladesh in January, Bangladesh Cricket Board official confirmed on Tuesday.

BCB had presented a comprehensive Covid-19 management plan to its West Indian counterpart for approval ahead of the upcoming home series in January, taking first steps towards resumption of international cricket in the country.

West Indies are due to visit for three Tests and three ODIs along with two Twenty20 internationals during their stay.

‘’Yes they have confirmed their tour to Bangladesh. They are expected to arrive on January 7,’’ BCB cricket operation chairman Akram Khan told daily sun on Tuesday.

‘’We are in talks regarding the bio security and everything is moving positively. There is a possibility that the series might be shortened and in that case one Test might be reduced. We are also talking regarding the duration of the quarantine,’’ he said.

BCB looks to reschedule a slew of international series that have been cancelled due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation. Bangladesh had to cancel their tour of Pakistan in March and then their white-ball tour of Ireland in May as the pandemic situation worsened around the world. That was followed by the postponement of the Sri Lanka tour. Bangladesh's two-match Test series against Australia and New Zealand respectively were also postponed.

Bangladesh were also looking to reschedule the tour of Sri Lanka in October but that went in vain as the visitors were not ready to accept the 14-day quarantine proposed by the Lankans.