It's time to move on from experienced one's and test youngsters, says Hathurusingha
Chandika Hathurusingha
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Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha believes it's time to focus on building a new team rather than relying on experienced players ahead of the Test series against New Zealand.
Regular captain Shakib al Hasan along with experienced cricketers like Tamim Iqbal, Litton Das and Taskin Ahmed will not be available for the Test series due to different reasons.
Hathurusingha admitted it would be a challenging task to counter New Zealand's full-fledged side without the experienced players.
"It's challenging to lose that much of experience from any team, especially for Bangladesh as those guys have been part of the team in every format for more than 15 years, some of them and for some 10 years," Hathurusingha said at a press conference.
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Hathurusingha sees it as an opportunity to test new players and also move on from veteran players who have served for a long time.
"So it's in one side for everybody and for us it's something to look forward to in order to see what the youngsters can do. I think it's time that we move on from some of the players who played for a long time. They are not going to be there forever. But this is happening for many reasons so I think it's exciting and it's an opportunity for some of the youngsters to make their name and have long careers," he said.
Bangladesh and New Zealand will play the first Test on November 28 at Sylhet. The Kiwis will return to Dhaka for the second Test scheduled on December 6 at the Sher e Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur.
