International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced new FTP (Future Tours Programme) for 2018 to 2023. Bangladesh will play 44 Tests in this period. [বাংলায় পড়ুনঃ পাঁচ বছরে ৪৪ টেস্ট খেলবে বাংলাদেশ!] [caption id="attachment_99966" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Bangladesh set to play 44 Tests in next five years. Photo: bdcrictime.com[/caption]   Bangladesh will play World Test Championship (WTC) matches against India, Pakistan, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Windies in 2019-21. Bangladesh will tour India for a full bilateral series in late 2019. Australia will tour Bangladesh twice (for T20Is in 2019 and Tests in 2020). Bangladesh will host Afghanistan for one-off Test next year. The Tigers will tour Ireland for three ODIs and play tri-series with Afghanistan ahead of World Cup 2019. "The agreement of this FTP means we have clarity, certainty and most importantly context around bilateral cricket over the next five years. The World Test Championship will get underway next year with the ODI league kicking off in 2020 as part of the qualification towards the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023," ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said. "Bringing context to bilateral cricket is not a new challenge, but with the release of this FTP, our Members have found a genuine solution that gives fans around the world the chance to engage regularly with international cricket that has meaning and the possibility of a global title at the end," Richardson added. Bangladesh's FTP for 2018-2023: June 2018 - Afghanistan - 3 T20Is (away) July-August 2018 - Windies - 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (away) September 2018 - Asia Cup (away) December 2018-January 2019 - Windies - 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 1 T20I (home) January-February 2019 - Zimbabwe - 3 Tests, 3 ODIs (home) February-March 2019 - New Zealand - 3 Tests, 3 ODIs (away) May 2019 - Ireland - 3 ODIs (away) May 2019 - ODI tri-series with Ireland and Afghanistan (away) June-July 2019 - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England October 2019 - Australia - 3 T20Is (home) October 2019 - Afghanistan - 1 Test, 2 T20Is (home) November 2019 - India - 2 Tests (WTC), 3 T20Is (away) December 2019 - Sri Lanka - 3 ODIs (away) January-February 2020 - Pakistan - 2 Tests (WTC), 3 T20Is (away) February 2020 - Australia - 2 Tests (WTC) (home) March 2020 - Zimbabwe - 1 Test, 5 T20Is (home) May-June 2020 - Ireland - 1 Test, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (away) July-August 2020 - Sri Lanka - 3 Tests (WTC) (away) August-September - New Zealand - 2 Tests (WTC) (home) September 2020 - Asia Cup October 2020 - New Zealand - 3 T20Is (away) October-November 2020 - ICC World T20 in Australia December 2020 - Sri Lanka - 3 ODIs (home) January-February 2021 - Windies - 3 Tests (WTC), 3 ODIs, 2 T20Is (home) February-March 2021 - New Zealand - 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (away) June-July 2021 - Zimbabwe - 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (away) October 2021 - England - 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (home) October-November 2021 - ICC World T20 in India November-December 2021 - Pakistan - 2 Tests, 3 T20Is (home) December 2021 - Sri Lanka - 2 Tests (home) December 2021-January 2022 - New Zealand - 2 Tests, 3 T20Is (away) February-March 2022 - Afghanistan - 3 ODIs, 2 T20Is (home) March 2022 - South Africa - 2 Tests, 3 ODIs (away) June-July 2022 - Windies - 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (away) July-August 2022 - Zimbabwe - 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (away) September 2022 - Asia Cup October 2022 - Ireland - 1 Test, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (home) November 2022 - India - 2 Tests, 3 ODIs (home) January 2023 - Windies - 3 ODIs (home) February-March 2023 - ICC Cricket World Cup in India