■ KYLE COETZER

believes Scotland possess the strongest squad that the country has ever assembled at a Twenty20 World Cup. ‘Your team evolves over the years, especially learning from your environment and the challenges we face going through qualifying tournaments,’ said the

Scots skipper.

‘It really brings your group of players together.

‘Trying to pick the squad was an absolute nightmare and I genuinely believe this is as strong and as powerful a squad as we’ve selected.

‘We feel confident and believe we’re capable of putting in some strong performances.’ Bangladesh are the favourites to win Scotland’s section and Coetzer added: ‘We’re diving into the tournament head first really and it’s a real challenge for us. But we’ve beaten them in the past in T20 cricket.’