Our focus is on next World Cup, not this one

While most teams have already announced their squads well ahead of the September 15 cut-off, as of yesterday Bangladesh were still searching for an exact combination.

Technical consultant Sridharan Sriram was expected to gauge players but after a chance was missed, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon said they were planning to arrange a camp abroad before heading to New Zealand for the tri-nation series which precedes the World Cup.

After disappointing performances in the T20 format over the years and just one month until the T20 World Cup, the BCB boss tempered expectations by saying they were planning drastic changes and focusing on the next World Cup.
“We cannot adapt to the T20 format like other nations, which is why we are planning to make changes. What we are trying to do is not for the upcoming World Cup. We need to think about the next World Cup,” Papon said.