Dhaka: New Australian captain Steve Smith has batted away any suggestion that the upcoming Qantas Tour of Bangladesh is a good chance to give some new players exposure at Test level, reported cricket.com.au.

Australia’s 15-man squad, named on Monday, is one of the most inexperienced in recent memory, featuring two uncapped players and only five with more than 10 Tests of experience.

It underlined the generational change the team is going through following the retirements of Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers during the Ashes tour. The Bangladesh series signals the start of a run of 10 Test matches Australia are set to play between October and February next year.

But Smith, who will led the Test side in a full series for the first time, dismissed the suggestion that the series against the ninth-ranked Test nation is a good chance to trial new players. ‘Not at all,’ Smith said.’ Every Test you play you want to win, you want to win very series you play, and it’s no different going to Bangladesh.

‘It’s going to be difficult playing over there, they’ve played some very good cricket in their own backyard. 

‘It’s going to be a tough tour but hopefully we prepare well and adapt to the conditions accordingly and have a successful tour.’

Smith discusses batting order for Bangladesh Smith said he wasn’t overly surprised by the exodus of Australia’s experienced players following the Ashes, saying that he was only slightly taken aback by the speed with which all the five veterans said farewell to the Test arena. He added leading a fresh young side in such foreign conditions is a golden opportunity for Australia to improve their record away from home. Australia have won just one of their past 15 Tests in Asia — the lone victory coming in the Sri Lankan city of Galle in 2011 — and Smith said it was time to turn that statistic around.

‘I think you could see that those guys were getting quite old and they were getting to probably the end of their careers,’ Smith said. ‘I didn’t expect it all happen at once but now is a chance for some guys to come in and stamp their own authority on the side and hopefully fill those gaps really well. ‘We want to improve the way we play away from home and this is our first chance to do that.

‘The conditions can be quite foreign to what we’re used to in Australia so the guys will have to adapt right away and have plans in place to make sure they’re doing everything they can to make sure they have success over there. ‘We’ve got a bit of a clean slate with a lot of guys coming in and it’s a really exciting time for Australian cricket.’