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Chance to blood youngsters

Tigers leave for Zimbabwe tonight

Sports reporter
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim isn't banking too much on the "unofficial" tag of the forthcoming tri-nation Twenty20 tournament against Zimbabwe and South Africa which begins in Harare on June 18.
The cricket team will leave the capital tonight for the 12-day tour that will be their first competitive tournament after the success in the Asia Cup three months ago.
Speaking after the Tigers' training session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday, the 23-year-old said that he would want the team to take the opportunity to play against a much higher-ranked opposition as well as get scores even with the hosts.
"We are playing against Zimbabwe and in their backyard. We don't have fond memories of the last tour because we lost both the Test and the one-day series, so it's an opportunity," said Mushfiqur. "And playing South Africa so early before the World Cup is an opportunity as well. Definitely we will
play for a win and try to give hundred percent."
It will also be a first tour with the Tigers for six individuals in the touring party: new coach Richard Pybus, allrounder Ziaur Rahman, batsman Anamul Haque, left-arm spinner Elias Sunny, paceman Abul Hasan and bowling coach Shane Jurgensen.
Yet it will be Pybus's first assignment that will be under the spotlight.
"A lot of the new players will get chances there and we will look at them and also make a new combination. Obviously we are taking it seriously. This is also the first tour of our coach [Richard Pybus] so he will take this very seriously to begin his journey on the
right note," he added.
One man who is obviously not travelling with the Tigers is their main man, Shakib Al Hasan.
The world's No 1 all-rounder has been granted a break by being rested during the Zimbabwe tour, so Mushfiqur said that this would be a chance to try a new combination, though it is easier said than done.
"It is very difficult to get a replacement of him. Most of the time he had single-handedly won matches for us so naturally we will feel his absence.
"At the same time, we will get the chance of making a team without him, because God forbid if he gets injured, even then we have to play as a team.
"If he had played, a lot of young and old players who have got into the side would get very little opportunity as he would have played all the matches. We would have played one bowler less if he had played.
"Now we have to make a combination of a bowler and a batsman. It will be an opportunity for them as well as for us to see them," he explained.
In his first tour as skipper, Mushfiqur found preparations to be adequate as many of the Tigers were
busy in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League this month. He also mentioned plans to use Ziaur as a bighitting floater in the batting order, a vital cog that the Tigers have missed in T\venty20 cricket over the years.
Pybus, in his first press conference, had mentioned the importance of getting the team together in one place to understand them better. Mushfiqur too believed it would help.
'We got the chance to work with him for a few days, though officially we started our practice today. We are learning a lot of things and he is also takinghistimetojudgeus.
"This will be his first tour with us. He is trying hard to understand us, hopefully after reaching there we will quickly adapt with his philosophy and mentality and this is a challenge for us as well.
"We will try to match his mentality and help him to match with our mentality so that we can perform as a team in front of him," he said.