Chase: We want newbies to approach Bangladesh conditions with open mind

Joshua Da Silva, John Campbell, Jomel Warrican and Kemar Roach are the other players who have toured Bangladesh for Tests in the last eight years.

"We just tell them to play what they see," captain Roston Chase said. "We don't want them to come into the game with any preconceived mindset as to if a pitch is going to spin, if it's going to seam, whatever it's going to do. We just want them to come with a clear and open mind to do whatever is needed of them at any given time to succeed. We don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves in terms of thinking what the wicket is going to do. We just want to play every ball on merit.

"I wouldn't say we're going to go with any specific style. I just think each individual player has their own style and their own strengths and weaknesses. And I just think that the way how we'll play will be dictated by the conditions and by the scoreboard and the situation of the game."

"I still think they're going to probably shave down some grass or have a little more preparation," Chase said. "But the thing about a wicket, both sides have to play on it. It's not a wicket where one side gets to do something and the next team doesn't get to do it. You still have four innings of cricket, so whoever adapts and adjusts the best on the wicket, I think will come out victorious.

"Obviously with the grass you would think that it may be more spin friendly, but looking at it, it still looks a bit dry underneath. And it's Bangladesh. It is really known for mainly spin, so we think that it will get some spin also."

West Indies are in Bangladesh without their in-form batter Shai Hope, who was rested after his heroics in India, where he struck four centuries in ODIs and T20Is.

"He's going to be a big miss for us having Shai Hope out, but he's been playing a lot of cricket," Chase said. "Obviously he's the captain of both white-ball formats, he's been in great form, but he's not here, so that's something that we can't worry about. We have to worry with the 15 guys that we have in the squad and just try to go out there and give our best of ourselves in the batting department."

Chase also backs West Indies' batting to come good. "I think as a batting unit, we've been able to put some big first innings scores, over 300 runs in the first innings," he said. "And I think that adds a lot of pressure to the other team.

"But I just think if we can consistently do it not only in the first innings but in the second innings, if we can get a decent total in the second innings with the bowling line-up that we have, I think we'll be challenging teams and winning more games."

Chase was also pleased with the camaraderie in the Test side. "The guys are playing for each other, the camaraderie is good," Chase said. "I think the Test team is more of a family-based team because obviously it's more over five days and the Test team spends a bit more time together than most of the other teams. I think this team is probably the best gelling team that we have right now in terms of the three formats."