Bangladesh team head coach Chandika Hathurusingha is happy with the side's three-day long camp in Sylhet.
The Bangladesh squad for the upcoming away series against Ireland in England, along with cricketers in the national set-up, concluded the short but intense training sessions at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Saturday.
While speaking to the media previously, Hathurusingha had informed that the choice of training in Sylhet was due to the wickets which are a bit similar to those in England.
Bangladesh team are scheduled to depart for England in the early hours of tomorrow for the series comprising three one-day internationals against the Irish.
The games are part of the ODI Super League and will be held in Chelmsford on May 9, 12 and 14 respectively.
“We are very happy with the conditions. They have worked hard to give us what we want. We had a good break before this. The boys' energy and intensity were high,” said Hathurusingha Saturday.
The series for Bangladesh against Ireland is not of importance in terms of points in the Super League.
Bangladesh have already qualified for the World Cup 2023, set to take place in India in October-November.
However, these matches are part of Bangladesh's preparation heading into the World Cup.
Speaking of the team's mindset Hathurusingha, who is in his second stint as Bangladesh head coach, informed that they are emphasizing on being positive with aggressive intent.
“We're going to play positive, aggressive cricket. It doesn't mean that we will hit every ball out of the park. Aggressive cricket means that everything we do, we do very positive, aggressive intent as well as the decision making. Also, it's going to be aggressive, whether it's the type of ball that we decide to bowl, so we want to give them that to go and express themselves,” Hathurusingha explained.
Leading up to the flagship event, Hathurusingha is set to continue experimenting with left-arm spinning options in Taijul Islam and Nasum Ahmed as the second fiddle to Shakib al Hasan.
While Nasum was included in Bangladesh's ODI series win over India last year, he was left out of the England series only to return to the fold against Ireland.
“As we discussed, I want to expand the slot, so we continue to do that leading up to the World Cup,” said the 54-year old.
When queried if the frequent changes would affect the confidence of the players and have an impact on their performances, Hathurusingha said he is confident that it will not be an issue as the reasons for inclusions and exclusions have been explained to them.
“It won't because we communicate well. I have explained why they are in the team and why they aren't. I hope it won't have an impact. If it does, then it would affect their performances under pressure. We don't want such players in the team,” the Sri Lankan concluded.