We want to start the preparations keeping Shakib out of the team

The Dhaka Times Desk Bangladesh's new coach Chandika Hathurusinghe arrived in Bangladesh on Monday night after a personal visit with her family. After coming to the country, he avoided the reporters at the airport, but the next day he said that since Shakib is not available in the team, we want to start the preparation by leaving him out of the team.

The head coach of the national team said on Tuesday, we will start training hard again in two days ahead of the upcoming West Indies tour. Caribbeans build their wickets very hard. We will work to adapt to such wickets.

Meanwhile, the coach did not open any mouth about the allegations of Shakib Al Hasan's misbehavior with the new coach and Shakib's ban in its context. When asked about it, he said, it is definitely good to have a player like Shakib in the team. But the decision taken by BCB against him is BCB's matter. Since Shakib is not available in the team, we want to start the preparations without him.

Mushfiq-Mashrafi-Nasir will leave Bangladesh for the Caribbean island next month without Shakib. Bangladesh will stay in West Indies for more than a month. The Tigers will fly on August 13 to play two Tests, three ODIs and one T20 match.

The two teams will play three ODIs on August 20, 22, and 25. The only T20 will be played on August 27. The first test will be held on September 5-9 and the second test will be held on September 13-17.