Lot of emphasis put on U-19s
With an aim to put up their best possible performance in the Under-19 World Cup next year, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has planned a series of tours for the junior Tigers to prepare them for the mega event.
Bangladesh will be hosting both the Under-19 World Cup and the Asia Cup and the management is hoping that they can bag quite a few accolades in both these events.
"Our best performance in an Under-19 World Cup was back in 2006 when we finished fifth. This time, since it is happening in our country, we can hope to better that performance," said BCB's national manager of Game Development Nazmul Abedin Fahim.
The junior outfit already defeated their South African counterparts, who also happen to be the reigning World Cup holders, 6-1 in the recently concluded youth ODI series. They will now head to South Africa at the end of June to play a seven-match series.
In October Zimbabwe Under-19s are scheduled to arrive and the BCB is likely to host a tri-nation tournament with either Sri Lanka or Pakistan that month. This third team will face Bangladesh later in December.
Apart from that, teams are expected to arrive in Bangladesh weeks before the Under-19 World Cup, scheduled to take place in January 2016.
"The main thing here is to keep the youngsters ready. They will be going through a series of camps before and after every tour. A two-month long camp from July to August has already been planned for them," informed Nazmul.
Even apart from the tours, the BCB is working on recruiting coaches and support staff for the BCB Academy, and the design of the programme will be made as such that the youngsters can take full advantage.
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