‘Rookies need more work’
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) selectors have been often criticised for not utilising the pipeline while naming replacements for regular players in the Bangladesh squad and usually giving the nod to players past their prime.
Perhaps the selectors keep revisiting the same options because of a lack of new players who have the requisite skills for the national team.
Simon Helmot, head coach of Bangladesh's High Performance (HP) programme, also spoke about how players in the HP team are still lagging miles behind in terms of being considered for national selection.
"Yes, I am [happy with their improvement] but they still need to improve. When they will get more opportunities they will be ready. They need physical preparation, in the fielding, in back-foot play, in concentration on the ball to ensure that when they play for the national side, it will not be new.
"These gentlemen are very inexperienced. [Nazmul Hossain] Shanto played some games, Yasir [Ali] has been around, Afif [Hossain] played a T20I. What these guys need now is to dominate at this level." said Helmot at the BCB Academy ground yesterday.
Helmot will be managing the 15-member HP team which was announced by the BCB yesterday for the three-match one-day series against the Sri Lanka HP team, who arrived in Dhaka yesterday. After the three one-dayers, the visitors will finish the tour with two four-day matches.
The Bangladesh A team struggled against their visiting Afghan counterparts in July, when a lack of consistency from the players saw Bangladesh A lose the two-match four-day series 1-0 and draw the five-match one-day series after a controversial draw in the fourth one-dayer.
Players like Naim Sheikh, Afif, Nazmul, Aminul Islam and a few others who have represented Bangladesh A against Afghanistan A were also included in the 15-member HP squad for the Sri Lanka series. Chief selector Minhajul Abedin has already mentioned that the board will search the HP team to blood new players for the upcoming one-off Test against Afghanistan and the ensuing triangular T20I series involving hosts Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe.
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