DHAKA: Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque on Sunday ruled out any experimenting in the forthcoming Test series in Sri Lanka as they were badly in need of some positive results.
The Tigers will leave home on Monday with an inflated squad for the two-Test series, beginning on April 21 in Pallekele.
The Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on the outskirts of hill town Kandy will also host the second Test from April 29. Both the games will be staged but without spectators.
The Bangladeshi selectors earlier this week announced a 21-member squad for the series, saying the line-up for the series will be confirmed only after a two-day warm-up match in Sri Lanka.
“One can’t experiment on a tour to Sri Lanka, particularly without results behind you. We need results, having failed in five or six Tests,” Mominul told reporters in Dhaka. “Sri Lanka are a great side at home. It will be challenging for us. It won’t be easy for us. But the situation we find ourselves, we have to take up this challenge and find a good result for the team.”
Bangladesh won just one of their last nine Tests, which included a home series against a depleted West Indies side in February.
