Chandika Hathurusingha could return as coach of Bangladesh, says BCB president

Bangladesh put in a strong performance at the recently-concluded ICC World Cup 2019 but suffered heartbreak as they had to exit the competition in the group stage itself. Shakib Al Hasan was the undisputed star for the Bangla Tigers in England as Mustafizur Rahman ended up as one of the best pacers in the tournament. However, the Asians parted ways with Rhodes after the culmination of the quadrennial showpiece.

"My first preference is that the coach must have national team coaching experience. We are also looking for someone who has previous experience with subcontinent teams. We are looking for coaches outside those who applied [for the coaching position] too. Top coaches have to be contacted through agents, so we are pretty much using all our avenues," 

"We have to abide by the sports law, and when the sports minister gives a directive we're compelled to abide by those directives. So this is something we're looking at, we've had discussions about it internally, and our executive committee will need to have a discussion with the minister about how to proceed and take it forward from there.

"We know there will be a lot of speculation until then, but since it's a very sensitive area we don't want to make a statement until a final decision has been made. We don't know if Hathurusingha is okay with resigning, we'll only know after we speak to him. He's aware of the current situation, but we haven't had a discussion with him as yet, so we just have to wait and see," de Silva added.