Young speedster Nahid Rana is among the three Bangladesh squad members to pull out of their upcoming tour of Pakistan, scheduled to start next week in Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium.

According to the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) cricket operations chairman, Nazmul Abedeen Fahim, there is a possibility that Nahid could have withdrawn from the squad, considering the difficult situation he encountered while trying to leave Pakistan earlier this month due to India-Pakistan hostilities at the border.

Nahid was associated with Peshawar Zalmi when the players had to be withdrawn from the PSL 2025 season.

Nahid's national teammate, Rishad Hossain, was also a part of the Peshawar franchise, but he will travel with the Bangladesh contingent.

Fahim revealed that a couple of coaching staff members have decided against touring Pakistan. A few other players were also reluctant but changed their minds after most of the Bangladesh players opted to travel.

"What Nahid Rana and Rishad faced recently, you can't blame them for being traumatised. Which is probably why Rana has withdrawn from the tour. Among the coaching staff, James [Pamment] and Nathan [Keily], who are our fielding coach and trainer, aren't going. The rest are ready to go there," Fahim said, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

"There were hesitations among few other players. But later, when they saw others are going, they felt that it might not be difficult to go there and they changed their initial position," he added.

According to Fahim, Pakistan provides high security during cricketing tours and said, "I saw during the Champions Trophy how much security is provided in Pakistan. I don't think you can do more than that. The PCB chairman (Mohsin Naqvi) assured us to give the highest security."

Bangladesh's tour of Pakistan will feature three T20Is. The series will get underway on May 28, followed by games on May 30 and June 1.

(With IANS Inputs)