Heath Streak appointed Bangladesh A coach for India tour

Heath Streak appointed Bangladesh A coach for India tour: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday appointed former Zimbabwean pacer Heath Streak as their A team coach for the India tour. It has been learnt that Streak has been entrusted with the duty as 14 of the 15-member squad have already played international cricket and the former pacer being a distinguished cricketer himself will work closely with the exciting bunch of players who will serve Bangladesh cricket for years to come.

Some of the notable names in the A squad include senior team regulars like Soumya Sarkar, Rubel Hussain and Litton Das. Apart from them, the pace attack looks very impressive with the inclusion of Rubel Hossain and Taskin Ahmed. The spin options of Arafat Sunny, Jubair Hossain and Shuvagata Hom will come in handy on the Indian tracks.

Bangladesh A are set to fly to India on September 13 for a two-week tour. The junior Tigers will play 3 List A games against India A before shifting to the longer format. The one-dayers (to be played on September 16, 18 and 20) and the 3-day game (September 27-29) against India A will be played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru where as the other three-day game will be played against defending Ranji Trophy champions, Karnataka, at Mysuru from September 22 to 24.

The tour is offering the Bangladeshi players a great opportunity to get some vital practice ahead of the 2 home Tests against Australia in October. The squad consists of most of the Test probables and they will look to impress the national selectors to stake a claim for a Test spot. Naming Mominul Haque as captain, the BCB has made its intentions clear that they are taking the upcoming tour seriously. India A are a quality side and any exposure against them will only give young Bangladeshi players valuable experience.