Bangladesh’s cricket board must find a rare gap in an FTP already packed with Japan, the UAE and domestic cricket before it can fit in a first-ever series against Nepal. The idea, raised by Nepal’s board and welcomed by BCB officials, would most likely land early next year, once the Asian Games squad returns and the Afghanistan assignment in the UAE wraps up. Officials haven’t promised dates, but the gesture, tied partly to Nepal’s flood recovery, has clearly registered in Mirpur.
BCB Nepal bilateral series 2027 schedule
Nepal’s cricket board did not approach Bangladesh quietly. It sent a formal proposal months ago, asking for a bilateral series between the two sides, and BCB’s response was unusually warm for a fixture request involving a lower-ranked opponent. BCB chief operating officer Shahriar Nafees confirmed the invitation had been received and said the board wanted to make it happen within the current FTP cycle, which runs through 2027.
The timing detail matters here. Nafees indicated the series could open as early as the start of next year, a window that would place it right after Bangladesh’s UAE assignments wrap and before the next home season begins. Nothing is locked in yet, and BCB has stopped short of confirming venues, dates or even the number of matches.
There is a human angle driving urgency too. Nepal’s ambassador to Bangladesh met the state minister for youth and sports specifically to frame the series as a gesture of solidarity following flood damage back home, and the ministry has since directed Nepal’s delegation to formalize its request for BCB’s final sign-off.
Bangladesh’s Congested Cricket Calendar Ahead
Before any Nepal date gets picked, Bangladesh has to get through two demanding assignments back-to-back. The Asian Games squad, a second-string group led by Litton Das, assembles in Mirpur from mid-September and competes in Japan through early October. Straight after that comes a bigger commitment: a one-off Test against Afghanistan in the UAE followed immediately by a tri-nation ODI series also featuring Zimbabwe, running deep into late October.
Layered on top of that is a calendar that already included a three-format tour of Australia in August and a first-ever home T20I series against India that wrapped up on September 13. BCB’s own officials admit the FTP through the rest of this cycle is about as tight as it gets, and there is currently no confirmed series filling the gap between the UAE tri-series final and whatever comes next in November.
A First-Ever Meeting Between These Sides
Every preview of this proposal has leaned on the same framing: this would be the first bilateral series ever played between these two boards. That much checks out, but the head-to-head picture underneath it needed a correction. Bangladesh and Nepal have met only once in a T20I, back at the 2024 T20 World Cup in St Vincent, when Bangladesh defended 106 and bowled Nepal out for 85, the lowest total ever successfully defended at that tournament.
A second fixture between them, scheduled for the 2026 World Cup group stage in Mumbai, never happened because Bangladesh withdrew from that tournament in January over security concerns, with Scotland taking their place. Older data circulating online still counts that as a completed match. It was not. The two sides could still cross paths again before any bilateral series even gets scheduled, since both have been drawn into the same Asian Games group in Japan this autumn.
Bangladesh’s Squad Rotation Plan For Associates
Fitting a Nepal series into this window will likely mean leaning on the same rotation system BCB already uses for congested stretches. The board keeps separate captains for each format, Najmul Hossain Shanto in Tests, Mehidy Hasan Miraz in ODIs and Litton Das in T20Is, which lets it split personnel across two assignments without gutting either squad. Players left outside both groups typically get funnelled into the National Cricket League rather than sitting idle.
That same flexibility, along with careful workload management for players like Nahid Rana returning from injury, is exactly what makes a BCB Nepal bilateral series 2027 schedule realistic rather than wishful. The pieces already exist. What’s missing is simply a confirmed window for BCB to slot it in.