Tigers to begin T20 World Cup preparation Monday

BSS, Dhaka :
The Bangladesh national cricket team is set to start their preparation for the upcoming tri-nation series and T20 World Cup tomorrow under the supervision of the team’s technical consultant Sridharan Sriram.
The India-born coach reached Dhaka on Sunday. He will kick start his training session with a selective group in which some additional players along with the players who played the Asia Cup will be included, said a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official.
The goal is to select a quality squad for the T20 World Cup as Bangladesh are eying their first victory in the main tournament after 2007. Bangladesh’s only victory in main World Cup came against West Indies in 2007 thanks to a blitzkrieg knock of Mohammad Ashraful.
In the last tournament also, Bangladesh lost all of their matches after overcoming the qualifying round somehow. This time, however, they moved to the main tournament directly.
Sriram will have three-day special training with those players before the selectors announce the team for the World Cup on September 14, the last date of the team announcement as per ICC timeframe.
Bangladesh will leave the country on September 30–firstly they will move to New Zealand for a tri-nation series which will also involve Pakistan apart from hosts New Zealand.
BCB selector Habibul Bashar Sumon said that the tri-nation series won’t be the preparation platform for the World Cup, rather they will take the tournament as seriously as they will take the showpiece event.
“There will be no experiment in the tri-nation series. We’ll play that series to achieve our best result,” Sumon said on Saturday. Bangladesh though were supposed to set up a week-long conditioning camp in Adelaide, Australia after the tri-nation series, they backed out from the decision, considering players hectic schedule.
They will, however, play two warm-up matches against Afghanistan and South Africa on October 17 and 19 as part of their preparation ahead of the T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh will start their World Cup mission on October 24, taking on the runners-up of Group-A in Hobart. Their second match is against South Africa in Sydney on October 27 after which they will face off Group-B champions at the Gabba in Brisbane on October 30. Bangladesh then will take on subcontinent powerhouse India on November 2 and Pakistan on November 6. Adelaide will host both of the matches.