There were more misery for the visitors after they had their luggage missing upon arrival after a 36-hour trip via Doha.

Tigers coach Dave Whatmore said on arrival, "It was a long and tiring journey here and irritating to say the least with the loss of luggage.

"But it won't take long to get ourselves ready for the series. We need to consolidate our advantage," the Bangladesh coach told AFP.

When contacting the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO Mahmudur Rahman over telephone in Dhaka yesterday evening, he informed The Daily Star that he was unaware of the happenings in Zimbabwe, as the team operations manager has not informed about the incident yet.

Meanwhile, Zimbabwe captain Prosper Utseya is confident that his young side has what it takes to upset Bangladesh's plans of continuing where they left off at the end of last year in the forthcoming one-day international series.

"Morale in camp is soaring. All the players are raring to go. We are out to do well, and if the sky holds we want to do just that. Our preparations have gone on pretty well and I am optimistic that the boys will deliver the goods. All it takes is for the top order to click like it did in the first game against South Africa A where Elton Chigumbura batted through our innings and senior players Brendan Taylor and Hamilton Masakadza chipped in with some worthwhile knocks.

"Also, the playing conditions are on our side so all we need to do is pull in one direction as a team, stick to the basics and take our chances when they come. The other thing that might just work in our favour is that we have retained the same team that beat Bangladesh 3-2 at the same venue last year," Utseya told a Zimbabwean website.