[9] Zimbabwe Cricket announced the squad for the one-off Test, with Craig Ervine named as the team's captain.

[10] Sean Williams, Zimbabwe's regular Test captain, took leave ahead of the match for the birth of his first child.

[12] Ahead of the tour, the BCB announced that it would be Mashrafe Mortaza's last series as captain of the ODI team.

[16] Tamim Iqbal was appointed as the new ODI captain ahead of Bangladesh's next fixture, the one-off match against Pakistan.

[17] In an attempt to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BCB restricted ticket sales for the first T20I match to one per person.