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‘I would be reluctant to tour Bangladesh’ – Pietersen
- Updated: August 26, 2016
Kevin Pietersen has admitted that he would not be comfortable touring Bangladesh in the current circumstances.
The ECB announced on Thursday that England’s Test and ODI tour of the country would go ahead as planned after assurances from the Bangladesh government. A terrorist attack in Dhaka in July left many dead but a delegation of ECB and PCA officials visited Bangladesh in recent days and concluded that the security measures in place assured the team of safety.
But Pietersen says that he would be unwilling to go at present and feels that senior England players, especially those with families, will be equally reluctant.
“It’s not somewhere I’d like to be for the next six weeks,” Pietersen told ESPNcricinfo. “The young ODI side might not have too many issues, but the older Test side might have a few issues.
“Some of the older guys might have kids and other responsibilities, and might think ‘How can I get out of going to Bangladesh?’ They may think of this as an opportunity to get out of a Bangladesh tour. They’ll be looking at it. I know a lot of journalists don’t want to go to Bangladesh. So it’s going …
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