Neil McKenzie reckons Bangladesh need more overseas tours

South African batting consultant Neil McKenzie reckons that Bangladesh FTP should include more overseas tour to places such as Australia, South Africa and England where conditions would be more challenging for the players.

Bangladesh is yet to open their account in the ongoing tour to South Africa where they lost both Tests and ODIs by massive margins.

The last time the Tigers toured South Africa was nine years back in 2008. McKenzie cited out that traditionally South Africa has been a difficult place for players from the subcontinent and it would do a team like Bangladesh a world of good if they toured abroad more frequently.

“It’s hard coming to South Africa. A lot of sub-continent sides struggled in South Africa with that extra pace and bounce. I thought our bowlers really came hard against the Bangladesh batsmen throughout the Test and ODI series so far,” commented Neil McKenzie according to reports from BDCrictime.com

McKenzie recommends more ‘A’ and ‘U-19’ overseas tours for Bangladesh

“There is some good performances, like Mushfiqur’s [Rahim] hundred in Kimberley. And there were a couple of fifties in Paarl. So there were good signs for Bangladesh. But when you are playing against South Africa away, then one or two performance is not enough. You need the whole squad to step up and play good cricket,” singled out the former South African opener.

McKenzie then suggested that more ‘A’ and ‘U-19’ tours should be organized by the Board which would provide greater exposure to the players.

“In sub-continent, you will find the spin challenge. But in South Africa or Australia, you will face the aggression and fear factor about pace and bounce. That’s the number one stepping stone that the Bangladeshi batsmen have to get over. More tours can be like U-19 tours, more Academy tours, more sort of Bangladesh A team tours. That can be the solution of getting used to these conditions and playing better in future,” concluded McKenzie.