Bangladesh went ahead with their training plans in their very first session at Chattogram's Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium behind closed doors yesterday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had informed on Saturday night that the gates would remain closed and no access would be given to 'facilitate' the closed-door session.

The Tigers have often asked for closed-door sessions in the recent past, mostly to work on scenarios in practice games. In Sylhet, during a preparation camp before the tour of England to play Ireland, access had been given to the media for a brief prescheduled period. This time there was a complete curtain drawn.

"It was asked from the team and it will be facilitated that way as per requirements," a source informed The Daily Star, regarding the reason behind having the session behind closed doors.

BCB high-ups have often been concerned about the availability of practice footages from training sessions online where a player working on a specific skillset in order to prepare for an upcoming opponent. Coach Chandika Hathurusingha, who has very specific plans regarding the team, must have been aware of the discomfort the players faced when such videos got out in the media.

"It's [such decisions] left to the coach and he can decide on what he needs. In the future, such arrangements may also be made in Dhaka. Some online platforms have made practice videos available which the players found concerning. Practice is also a private place but things do not always stay private. There were some talks regarding such issues before. The players are not always comfortable since they try new things in practice and scrutinising the details of such sessions is a reason," a team management source informed.

The session today would, however, be open for the media. Hathurusingha would also be attending a press conference today ahead of the Tigers' training session at 2:00pm. The visiting Afghanistan side would also be partaking in their first training session in the morning.