BCB is planning to send the High Performance Unit to Sri Lanka along with the Test side
Bangladesh spin consultant Daniel Vettori will work with spinners in the High Performance squad during the tour of Sri Lanka, BCB official Naimur Rahman confirmed to Cricbuzz.
The former left-arm spinner is set to join the Bangladesh set-up in Sri Lanka, and will guide the High Performance Unit’s spinners, alongside being involved with the senior side.
Incidentally, BCB has been mulling the option of tweaking the contract of Vettori so that he can work with a larger group of spinners during his 100-day contract period with Bangladesh. As per the deal, Vettori receives USD 2500 per day.
Previously, the former New Zealand captain had a short stint with a bigger pool of spinners during his stay in Bangladesh when they hosted Zimbabwe last year but that was one of a kind.
After a one-week camp at home, Bangladesh’s Test squad is expected to travel to Sri Lanka on September 28 to play a three-match Test series, commencing on October 24. Along with the Test squad, BCB is planning to send the High Performance Unit to Sri Lanka, who will also play some four-day games and one-day matches.
‘’As it is mentioned in the contract that Vettori will have to work with spinners who are not just in the national team,’’ BCB High Performance unit chairman Naimur Rahman told Cricbuzz.
‘’During the camp, he will be looking after our spinners in the training session (High Performance Unit), but when the national team begins their Test series, it won’t be possible because at that point the HP squad will be separated from the national team. Probably, there will be seven to eight spinners involved with the national team and the HP unit, and the coaching staff can plan out on how to work with them during that time frame,’’ he added. (Cricbuzz)
