||CF Correspondent||

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan emphasized on long term planning to bring back country’s cricket in stronger position again in the wake of the disastrous performance in Sri Lanka in which Bangladesh tasted a humiliating whitewash in three-match ODI series.

At the same time the Bangladesh talisman stressed upon the requirements of rotating the players to keep them away from injury and fatigue, a thing that came as curse for the national players in Sri Lanka series and was believe to be one of the main reasons of putting that abysmal performance.

Bangladesh HP head coach Simon Helmut found some logic in Shakib’s plan, stating that it is imperative if the country wants to do well in all three formats of the cricket in the coming years.

“I think every single country grapples with that,” he said here on Saturday.

“And as you know with all countries, it can even flow with performances. I think and I can also speak with my time of being here, which I thoroughly enjoyed. You are seeing the introduction and development of Shadman. You are seeing the improvement and development of Rahi and Yasir Ali Rabbi. We have seen Saifuddin become a regular member so we have seen some good performances from people who come through the system. What we need to do now with the next generation is to give them the opportunity the best we can,” Helmut remarked.

“I 100 percent concur with Shakib Al Hasan's comments that we might need ways and strategies to give players opportunity who deserves an opportunity, sooner rather than later. And that can be through a number of ways, though some players are out of form so we need to change players, can be injuries or we can be resting players also.”

Shakib also said that for a rotation policy, the coaching staffs also should be involved as they can assess the condition of the players.