Bangladesh spin bowling coach Rangana Herath believes the World Cup in India later this year will be challenging for the Bangladesh spinners due to the conditions.
The former Sri Lanka spinner ran a two-day camp with the slow bowlers in the national set-up at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium with head coach Chandika Hathurusingha yet to arrive.
Preparations are already underway for the upcoming home series against Afghanistan.
The camp also involved spinners from the BCB High Performance unit with the aim of going through variations and tactics for both white- and red-ball cricket, informed Herath.
“I always think that when the condition is tough for the spinners, there will be challenge. That's why we are going to be prepared before we go to the World Cup. This is part of the preparation. We worked on variations and tactics. If you don't get assistance from the pitch, this is the thing we need to apply,” said Herath to the media Tuesday.
“There are many variations like creating some angles, bowling over the wicket, round the wicket, pace variation. If you name it, like cross seam, carrom ball, we are working on them. We need to do these things very often,” the 45-year old added.
Former left-arm spinner Herath also wants to develop batters as effective bowlers in order to create more options for the team.
A recent example has been top-order batter Nazmul Hossain Shanto, who is credited for helping Bangladesh win the third one-day international, and also the series, against Ireland in England with his off-spin.
“If the batters can bowl a few overs, like Shanto, it gives you more options for the bowling side. When you have more options, you have the right combination. I always like to see [Towhid] Hridoy, Shanto get involved with bowling,” said Herath.