Dhaka, Sept. 27 -- Bangladesh Cricket team were supposed to leave the city for Sri Lanka on September 27 to take part in a three-match Test series against Sri Lanka from the last week of October.

Chairman of the Cricket Operations Committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Akram Khan said on Saturday, " We were supposed to leave for Sri Lanka tomorrow but we are not being able to do so. Head coach [Russell Domingo], selectors and BCB CEO [Nizamuddin Chowdhury] sat for a meeting and decided to give a three-day break to the players. We will return to training after three days and we hope that we will get a response from the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in two-three days."

Akram Khan said, "The BCB still awaits a response from the Sri Lank...