No Shakib Al Hasan, no Tamm Iqbal, no Taskin Ahmed and no Mahmudullah, Bangladesh are looking up to their next-generation cricketers in this Test series against Pakistan. Injuries and retirements are part of a journey and Bangladesh are facing both as they play their first match in the new ICC World Test Championship cycle. Captain Mominul Haque said the young players in the team are motivated enough to fill the seniors’ shoes. “We have to play with whatever resources we have,” Mominul said. “There’s no point of thinking who is in the team and who is not. These seniors had a lot of contributions for Bangladesh cricket. But life goes on.” Bangladesh’s Test record this year also is unconvincing. It lost two home Tests against the West Indies from favorable positions. A two-Test series in Sri Lanka was lost 1-0, then it beat Zimbabwe by 220 runs. Babar Azam-led Pakistan, fresh from a 3-0 win in the T20 series against Bangladesh, have the resources, experience and momentum going into the Test series versus Bangladesh. Pakistan won series against South Africa and Zimbabwe at home before drawing with the West Indies, which was their first series in the new WTC cycle