- Bangladesh are reportedly set to sack their head coach this week
- Chandika Hathurusinghe has been accused of slapping one in all his gamers
- The incident allegedly happened eventually yr’s 50-over World Cup in India
Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe is reportedly set to be sacked this week after being accused of slapping a participant throughout final yr’s 50-over World Cup in India.
Hathurusinghe, 56, was reappointed as Bangladesh’s head coach in 2023 after first taking cost of the crew between 2014 and 2017.
Nevertheless, Bangladesh misplaced seven of their 9 matches and completed eighth out of 10 groups within the World Cup group standings, and it appears all was not glad within the camp as Hathurusinghe allegedly struck one in all his gamers throughout the match, in accordance with ESPN Cricinfo.
He has been handed a 48-hour suspension for the slap and allegedly taking an excessive amount of vacation throughout his second stint on the helm, and his contract might be ‘terminated instantly’ after this era, with former West Indies opening batter Phil Simmons set to switch him.
‘Hathurusinghe has two counts of misconduct,’ BCB president Faruque Ahmed stated. ‘First is about an assault on a participant. Secondly, he took too many leaves, greater than what was in his contract.’
Chandika Hathurusinghe (pictured) is ready to be sacked by Bangladesh after allegedly slapping a participant eventually yr’s World Cup
Hathurusinghe (proper) has been suspended, and is because of be sacked later this week
Phil Simmons (pictured) will substitute Hathurusinghe to take Bangladesh into the Champions Trophy
Hathurusinghe represented Sri Lanka throughout his enjoying days, and featured in 26 Exams and 35 one-day internationals for his nation.
He was named of their squad for the 1992 and 1999 World Cups, however missed out once they gained the coveted trophy in 1996.
Since retiring, he has coached within the UAE, Sri Lanka, Australia and Bangladesh.
Throughout his second spell as Bangladesh head coach he led the facet to their first abroad Check collection win in 15 years when accomplished a 2-0 victory over Pakistan final month.
However they subsequently misplaced 2-0 in Exams and 3-0 in a T20 collection in opposition to India. The third match of the T20 collection noticed Bangladesh concede 297 runs – a report rating for a match between Check enjoying nations.
Hathurusinghe is now set to depart his position simply 4 months earlier than the Champions Trophy takes place in Pakistan.
