Bangladesh Cricket Board announce interim head coach for the national side

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have announced the interim head coach of the national side. The BCB has been struggling to find a perfect replacement for Chandika Hathurusingha in the role of the national head coach. Chandika served the national side with great results. However, a disastrous tour of South Africa saw him calling a premature end to his stint with the national side.

Earlier in the season, during the home series against Sri Lanka, the BCB had named former cricketer Khaled Mahmud as the team manager in the absence of a head coach. However, now, with the Nidahas Trophy coming up, the BCB has decided to name an interim coach for the tournament.

Former West Indies cricketer Courtney Walsh has been named as the interim head coach. Walsh has already been with the national side since 2016 on a three year deal as the bowling coach of the side. The chief of the national board has remarked that Khaled Mahmud will no longer be the team manager.

“Since I will be going to Sri Lanka, a lot of the directors also will come with me. I personally feel that [Khaled Mahmud] Sujon should go as team manager. We still haven’t talked to him about it. We have finalized on the other roles like we have also decided to give the batting duties to someone which we will announce on Tuesday,” BCB Chief Nazmul Hassan quoted.

Direct involvement of the board

Furthermore, Nazmul Hassan was direct in quoting that the board has selected the players for the tournament after their due consideration of forming the right playing eleven. He noted that if need be, the board will intervene in the final player selections as well.

“I didn’t bother about playing XI selection in the last series. I left it to everyone else, including players and management. This time we have made a squad after considering who will play in the playing XI. So since there is a final decision being taken, there is obviously a direct involvement,” the BCB Chief remarked.

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