Have to neutralise Shakib & Mustafizur : Maxwell

Despite heavy rainfall every now and then the visiting Australian team have already felt the scorching heat right from the beginning of their Bangladesh tour.

All-rounder Glenn Maxwell was perhaps the most affected by the hot and humid conditions in Dhaka where he suffered from a heat-stroke on the very first day of training.

"Yesterday was obviously pretty tough with the overnight and morning rain; all the moisture coming out of the ground and making sweaty work for us. It's been good -- we got a lot out of the last few days. Basically we are putting on the finishing touches for day one. I think the guys have really enjoyed their time so far.

"I caught a bit of heatstroke on the first day which wasn't a good start. I think just doing some running outside, then had to go inside to do some fitness tests and then going back outside didn't help too much. The body shut down a little bit but I was fine after the ice bath and plenty of fluids," said Maxwell told reporters after the training session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

According to Maxwell they had prepared thoroughly for the pitches even before coming to Bangladesh, when the Australian team trained on similar sorts of wickets in Darwin.

The cricketer from Victoria made his comeback to the side after over two years since making his Test debut in 2013 and smashed a magnificent hundred against India earlier this year. He also informed that defence will be the key on subcontinent pitches.

"It is probably what we did back in 2012 when JL (Justin Langer) was the batting coach. We did a lit bit of it in the nets in Dubai. I think the main thing is to basically use your bat. If you don't have the safety of your front pad, it makes you get your leg out of the way and actually play with your bat so I think it is more about refining your defence and making sure you are trusting the fact that you can hit the ball and not hoping that your pads are there just to save you," he said.

Maxwell also said that his side wanted to negate the impacts of opposition stalwarts Mustafizur Rahman and Shakib al Hasan.

"Mustafizur is obviously the exceptional bowler we faced during the IPL during his breakthrough season. I suppose his pace dropped off as he played a bit more Test cricket. He is still an outstanding bowler who has the ability to swing it and has an unbelievable change-up slower ball. He is not your conventional left-arm seamer. He has obviously got a very flexible wrist with which he can flick it in the last moment. It looks exactly the same whether it is his bumper or his slower ball. It is a hard thing to pick up.

"The same thing with Shakib, who is a really experienced player. He has been the number one all-rounder in the world for a while. He is an excellent cricketer. We have to play these guys really well to negate their influence in the Test series and make sure we are staying on top of the game," Maxwell added.