2024-04-24 13:46:49
Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), Sri Lanka Series, Dhaka Premier League – Since the beginning of the year, the cricketers have been busy 22 yards. The national team or nearby cricketers are also in full swing. Why the three-day preparation camp before the Zimbabwe series in this intense heat?
Head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe sat in a meeting with the selection panel after returning home. It was decided to have a preparatory camp in Chittagong. Chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu explained the camp calling in the media on Tuesday. So much for the T20 World Cup.
‘Actually we don’t get much time to prepare. We feel this lack in bilateral series and we feel it while playing in major international tournaments. There is a game against Zimbabwe at home in the same format. Then there are three matches against the USA. Then we will enter the T20 World Cup.’
In the camp along with the regular faces of the national team there are also irregulars. One of them, Tanjeed Hasan Tamim, is yet to make his debut in the shorter version of cricket. Mohammad Saifuddin, who has been out for a long time due to injury, has been called up in the BPL.
There will be match scenarios throughout the preparation camp. Although he has done well in T20 recently, he is still not as strong as ODI. So it will be seen what the cricketers do in different situations of T20 matches. Any failure will be shown.
The chief selector said, ‘There will be some practice in match scenarios and how we approach the game at different times, in different situations in the T20 format. What will be the plan, what will be the role, what will be the role of the bowlers. In that regard, our team management, head coach, support staff will give a brief idea.
Those matters will be communicated to them verbally and the practice will be done in the match scenario on April 26, 27 and 28 at the center wicket of Chittagong and it will be seen who can reach how close to the target. Or why bowlers are failing or succeeding. If the batters can do the target then it is good and if they can’t then where is the problem.’
There are alternative cricketers in mind. If someone gets injured, the management is moving forward thinking that his replacement cricketer should be ready immediately, if someone is injured or for some reason if we want to change the team in the USA or during the T20 World Cup, then basically they are kept here. Lipu said.