Dhaka: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is surprised at Pakistan's decision to call off their scheduled tour of Bangladesh in July- August, although it is yet to receive any official confirmation from the PCB.

"We're really surprised. Even a month ago, we knew that the tour was on," chairman of the BCB media committee Jalal Yunus told ESPNcricinfo on Thursday.

"There was a discussion between chiefs of both the boards during this week's ICC meeting in Dubai. This upcoming series was ours to host according to the FTP. In 2015, the two boards went into a deal that we would play two series for the following two years in Bangladesh," he said.

There was even a financial issue, which was dealt with at the time, Jalal said, adding that Pakistan said they wanted to play here [in Bangladesh] till 2017. "They wanted Bangladesh to play two T20s in Pakistan before continuing the series here. We don't want to play there. We want to stick to our schedule, which has the whole series being played in Bangladesh."

The BCB official said the board learned the PCB's decision through the media. "If the series does get officially cancelled, we have to go into discussion with them. We've cleared the financial issues so there's no need to talk about those things now. We haven't heard anything from them in official correspondence. We heard it through the media that they want to cancel the tour."

Bangladesh last toured Pakistan in 2007-08, for a five-ODI series. Since then, Pakistan have toured Bangladesh twice, in 2011-12 and 2015. The PCB said it was cancelling this year's tour because Bangladesh had not reciprocated with a return visit.

If the tour is off, Bangladesh will have a break in July this year, because their next fixture after the Champions Trophy in June is a proposed home series against Australia in late August.

Earlier on Wednesday, the PCB said they would not tour Bangladesh this year as per schedule. They said the series has been postponed indefinitely by mutual consent. Pakistan were to play two Tests, three ODIs and a T20I series in Bangladesh in July-August next.

"We had spoken about the possibility of hosting them [Bangladesh in Pakistan] this year," PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan told ESPNcricinfo.

"Pakistan have now toured Bangladesh twice without them reciprocating, and we feel we cannot tour Bangladesh for the third straight time. Therefore, we have decided to postpone the tour, and will explore another window in the next year or so."

On Pakistan's last visit to Bangladesh in 2015, the PCB had reportedly taken US$ 325,000 and justified it by saying the series had "technically" been Pakistan's home series. This year, the BCB rejected all such proposals to share revenue, though it was open to playing at a neutral venue if necessary.

The PCB, however, was not keen on that option. It is understood the Pakistan board feels that hosting teams like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in the UAE- its adopted home - is not financially viable.

Relations between the Pakistan and Bangladesh boards have been sour in the past. During the Zaka Ashraf regime, the PCB had stopped communication with the BCB and barred its cricketers - who had already been auctioned to various teams - from featuring in the Bangladesh Premier League.

Bangladesh were the fourth team - after the West Indies, Ireland and Sri Lanka - to refuse to travel to Pakistan in the last two years. Nevertheless, the PCB is looking to build on hosting an incident-free PSL final in Lahore in March by inviting a team of international cricketers to play a T20 series in September.