The Bangladesh Under-19s walked away with the GD Trophy, but for head coach Hannan Sarkar, the tournament's true success was the spotlight it provided of the country's cricketing pipeline.

Former opener Hannan Sarkar believes that experience should help Bangladesh put up a stronger fight this time.

Hannan, Bangladesh's highest run-scorer during the Tigers' only previous Test tour of Australia in 2003, believes restraint outside off stump will be crucial

BCB has also launched an analytics centre located inside BCB indoor facilities. The centre will hold a video database for players from U-14 through to the national team to facilitate analysis of bowling action correction, batting techniques, developing skills, and monitoring fitness of players.

This year the tournament is being played under a cost-cutting structure to reduce the burden on clubs.

Abahani have parted ways with their long-serving head coach Khaled Mahmud Sujon ahead of the upcoming Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPL) season and replaced the 53-year-old with former national selector Hannan Sarkar. 

Hannan insisted that he didn’t feel any pressure while working as a national selector since March last year.

Selector Hannan Sarkar, however, said that the left-hander must come through a standard fitness procedure.

Selector Hannan Sarkar informed Shoriful's groin injury kept him out of the side, leading to the inclusion of Jakir, who has represented Bangladesh in 17 T20Is since making his debut at the Asian Games in 2023, as they went for an extra batter keeping the Indian conditions in mind.

Hannan Sarkar was among the very few, who stood their ground, defied their overwhelming opposition to earn some semblance of respect down under in 2003.