Australia team are finding out just how much of a challenge it is to put up with the Bangladesh weather.
Cricketer Glenn Maxwell reveals that he suffered from heatstroke during the first day of training ahead of the first Test.
The heavy rainfall over the past couple of weeks did not cease, resulting in warm, humid conditions.
Dhaka itself has seen waterlogging in various parts of the city and that resulted in more rainfall.
“I copped a bit of heatstroke on the first day, which wasn’t a good start,” Maxwell said today while talking to reporters.
“I think just doing some running outside, then I had to go inside to do some fitness testing, and going back outside probably didn’t help too much.
“Basically, my body shut down a little bit but I was fine after a bit of an ice bath and plenty of fluids.”
Australia had trained for three hours on Tuesday and pacers Josh Hazzlewood, Pat Cummins and Jackson Bird were said to be drained, a report from The West Australian suggests.
“Obviously with the morning rain and the overnight rain, I think all the moisture’s coming out of the ground and making it quite sweaty work for us.
“But it’s been good. We’ve got a lot out of the last few days, basically putting on the finishing touches for day one.”
He also opined that the preparation for the Test series was adequate owing to their Test camp In Darwin.
“We put extreme conditions in Darwin with the wickets where we made them ridiculously tough to bat on, and guys tested themselves really well during that week.
“I think the guys are more than well-equipped to handle whatever comes at us in this first Test.”
Source: The Daily Star
