BCB President wants Senior Players to discuss their availability with the Board

BCB President Nazmul Chaudhary is fumed up after Bangladesh's recent Test performance against Pakistan, New Zealand, and South Africa, where they failed to make the most after being in a good position. 

He firmly believes that the batters and bowlers don't have the necessary mindset for the Test cricket to succeed. Bangladesh is due to face Sri Lanka on the 15th of May for a two-match test series.

Ahead of the Test Series against Sri Lanka, Nazmul said, "I wanted to know why we are performing like this in Tests. The coaching staff was giving me examples of four to five Tests, and they feel that we can compete in the opening Test, but we surrender in the second Test. It happened against Pakistan at home, while it was the same in New Zealand and South Africa,"

"They (coaching staff) are yet to find out why this is happening, but what they feel is that a lot of our players don't have the mindset to play ten days of cricket at a stretch, and we have to work on it. He made a strong point that Cricketers don't prioritize Test Cricket and focus on the shorter formats of the game.

"The problem is that those who play Test cricket are not taking part in the domestic longer-version cricket, and so they don't have the habit of playing for a long time. Now with the international schedule we have, there is hardly any gap, and so even if we want, we cannot make them play in domestic cricket. Otherwise, we have to stop domestic cricket."

He was disappointed over the Senior player's commitments to the Nation. "Our problem is that we don't want anyone to feel bad, and we want to them quit with a smiling face. They should be able to take their own decision, and the sooner, the better. But a time will come if they cannot take any decision, then we will have to decide."

"Mahmudullah already left Test cricket while Tamim is not playing T20s, and there is Mushfiqur, who is playing at the moment, and we will know about his plans soon. It's better to sit with the board instead of the media because then we can have some time to prepare substitutes. In other countries, it happens in this manner, but in our country, that is not the case; we hope it will be the case in the future."

The likes of senior players Mahmudullah, Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, and Mushfiqur Rahim are out of form and not scoring big runs according to their credentials. 

He was angry and discouraged because Bangladesh has been making progress for many years, and there are no significant achievements till now as they haven't won the Test Series against the likes of New Zealand, South Africa or England.