Dhaka: Twenty20 Young New Zealand’s troops are increasing against Bangladesh in their upcoming series, the Stand-in Tom Latham captain said on Tuesday, because the hosts came from their first series against Australia.
Latham will lead the second New Zealand team against Bangladesh in the five-match series starting on Wednesday, with no players in the squad chosen to play for their country at the T20 World Cup in October-November.
The match will be held behind closed doors on September 1 3, 5, 8 and 10 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.
“The current way of the world, what NZC (Cricket New Zealand) does for welfare players …
has presented opportunities for many people including themselves,” Latham told reporters.
New Zealand arranged to face the side of Bangladesh fresh full force from a 4-1 victory over Australia in their T20 series earlier this month.
“Things will not be easy here, see the Australian series,” he said, but added that there was a “good vibe” in the squad.
“Most people have experience at this level before.
(A) Men’s pair has never been in the previous squad.
It’s fun for them to get into the group and try to keep things in such a relaxation,” he added.
“We have had two camps so from a preparation point of view, it’s been a long time ago.
Everyone is very excited to leave tomorrow.” Bangladesh dominates Australia on a low and slow goal, with Mustafizur Rahman’s left-arm PACER appears no apparent sometimes.
But Latham refused to choose a particular bowler as a potential threat in a friendly-spinning condition.
“They all present their challenges.
Mustafizur at the top of the innings is famous for the slower ball.
We saw how he bent against Australia,” he said.
“Spinners at the top and through the middle will present challenges.
(We) People have worked very hard for the past five days to find the best plan to negate them.” Captain Bangladesh Mahmuditlah Riyad said his team must remain “focus and hungry as we did against Australia”.
“The team that reads his condition well and has a hunger to do well on the day usually comes out above the T20,” he told reporters.
“After saying that, they are a very disciplined side in homework and their execution level.” This is a very good opportunity for our team.
We want to prove that we are good at home.
I hope boys will be ready for it.
“New Zealand is ranked third in the world and Bangladesh tenth in T20s.
The home team never defeated their opponents in 10 attempts.
New Zealand won the only one of them playing games in the Bangladesh region, at 15 run in 2013.