Alastair Cook admitted changes to his team for the second Test against Bangladesh were likely as England look to rotate players during their gruelling winter in the subcontinent.
England are expected to retain faith in their top six batting but at least one of the bowlers will be rested in Dhaka on Friday. Stuart Broad, who is one short of his 100th Test, could be given a break with five matches in India looming. England will also consider giving Chris Woakes a rest with Jake Ball and Steven Finn both in the squad or giving Ansari an opportunity by adding a fourth spinner to the attack.
"I am pretty sure there will be some changes because of what we have coming up," said Cook. "If we end up playing the same side quite early on in the tour we could have guys with not much cricket under their belts coming into a crucial Test match a bit further down the line having not played for one or two months. We were pretty clear when we came out here and going to India that we are going to
rotate."
Cook admitted he would have liked a fourth spinner at times in the first Test but it is the seamers who restricted Bangladesh, and having three quicks gives him options if reverse swing is on offer later in the innings.
Cook said he made his mind up on Sunday night to open with his seamers after talking to the coaching staff. "I took my time, floated around a few ideas in my head and then I decided Broady and Stokesy," he said. "I thought it would take a while to score the runs but we would create the chances. We then had the option with the new ball with the spinners but while it was reversing we knew we were going to be in the game. If you went with the spin early on it would be hard to change back.
"I was fairly confident and I thought we would create the two chances, the doubt was whether we were good enough to take those half-chances. I was pleased with our performance. Was it the best performance? No. But it is a start. It is better winning these games and moving on and we showed a lot of character."
Mushfiqur Rahim, the Bangladesh captain, admitted he always felt scoring 33 runs would be a challenge too far for his tailenders but believes his team's overall performance has proved why they need more exposure to Test cricket.
"You can always improve if you play more Tests. I have felt that each of my Tests has been like a debut game, and I have played 49 Tests so far," he said. "I think we should play more Tests, which will give you more consistency in the other formats. We have seven or eight Tests next year, and we hope we can build on our confidence. Nobody expected Bangladesh to play in this manner after 15 months so we had to prove that we could do something, show our character to a side like England. They have a lot of experienced players. I wouldn't use the word frustrating but I would call it a learning experience."
Bangladesh have included two uncapped players, Mosaddek Hossain and paceman Shuvashis Roy, in their 15-man squad for the second Test. Mosaddek is on standby for Sabbir Rahman, who has fallen ill. "Sabbir was feeling sick after the match. So we needed someone as a back-up," said Mushfiqur.
Shuvashis has replaced paceman Shafiul Islam, who has been rested.