Bangladesh Cricket Board’s chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury on Tuesday dismissed the fear that the planned tri-series in Zimbabwe could create any obstacle to Bangladesh’s Champions Trophy qualification.

Pakistan, West Indies will join Zimbabwe in the tri-series in August hoping to overtake Bangladesh in one-day rankings and qualify for the tournament in 2017. But after consulting with the statistician unofficially about the ICC ranking, the BCB got the points that the Pakistan would have to perform extraordinarily well to pull off Bangladesh from the Champions Trophy in England.

“I think that as per the current scenario, the chances for any other team to leapfrog us are very slim. Because we are ranked seven, we are hopeful of playing the trophy unless something big happens,” said BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowhdury.