Andre Adams outlines challenges and strategies for Bangladesh's upcoming Pakistan tour

Bangladesh's next assignment is a tour to Pakistan for a two-Test series later this month. On Saturday, former New Zealand pacer and Bangladesh's pace bowling coach, Andre Adams, shared his insights on the Tigers' prospects in the series and his observations about the pacers.

Adams highlighted patience as the biggest challenge Bangladesh will face in Pakistan. He pointed out that the pitches in Pakistan tend to be flat, with more happening on the fourth and fifth days than the first three.

"If you look at their [Pakistan] Test series against Australia and New Zealand, those wickets were really flat. There was a lot more happening in the fourth and fifth day than the first three days. There is a trend at the moment in world cricket that Tests don't go beyond three or four days. I think in Pakistan, you got to have the will to take the game to five days. So, the pacer need to bowl with a lot of patience, understand the wickets. You will require a lot of patience as they got some fine batsmen. Basically, I think the biggest challenge playing in Pakistan is accepting that it's not going to be like how you want it to be but you have to do what needs to be done," Adams told The Daily Star.

To excel in Pakistan, Adams advised the pacers to focus on using the movement in the air with the new ball as well as achieving reverse swing with the older ball.

"One of the biggest things while playing in Pakistan is the ability to use the movement in the air with the new ball as well as the older ball, when you get some reverse swing. And certain variations are obviously going to be very crucial. Whether it's cross seam or wobble seam or even just wide of the crease or close to the stumps, you need to try some variations and see what the ball does," he said.

When asked if Bangladesh has a good chance of performing well in Pakistan despite their poor record, Adams was optimistic.

"Yes, I think we do [have go. The biggest challenge in Tests is whether you can put both the innings together. It's very difficult to win matches if you don't score enough runs. Unfortunately, for the batters, it always comes down to whether they can actually put runs on the board so that the bowlers have a chance to defend it. But it's a challenge for both sides. If you don't bowl well, you can't win matches. And if you can't bat well, you can't win games. But you certainly can't win matches if you don't score enough runs. We got some guys in our batting lineup who have got more determination and understanding of playing longer format. When you are going to play on a flat wicket, you have to score runs, It's going to be a huge challenge. They are ranked above us in Test cricket. We just need to do well in these aspects. You just need to be prepared to play the long game. But there's actually no reason why this group of batters can't score runs. No reason as well for the bowlers why they can't take all the wickets. Just because we haven't done it yet, doesn't mean we can't," he concluded.