Asia Cup: Sridharan Sriram takes charge of Bangladesh as Domingo exits T20 set-up

On
Monday,
the
Bangladesh
Cricket
Board,
announced
that
the
former
India
all
rounder
will
be
in
charge
of
the
team,
as
head
coach
Russell
Domingo
has
been
asked
to
shift
focus
on
Test
and
ODI
cricket.

With
just
eight
days
to
go
for
the
team’s
Asia
Cup
opener
against
Afghanishtan,
BCB
president
Nazmul
Hassan
said
the
team
is
going
to
go
to
the
tournament
withough
a
designated
head
coach.

Speaking
to
reporters
in
Dhaka
on
the
eve
of
the
team’s
departure,
Hassan
said,
“There’s
not
going
to
be
a
head
coach
(for
the
T20I
side).
Russell
Domingo
won’t
be
part
of
the
T20
set-up.
He
will
be
with
ODIs
and
Tests.

“We
have
a
batting
coach
(Jamie
Siddons),
a
spin
coach
(Rangana
Herath),
a
fast-bowling
coach
(Allan
Donald)
and
a
fielding
coach
(Shane
McDermott).
We
have
the
captain
(Shakib
Al
Hasan).
We
also
have
a
technical
consultant
(Sriram)
for
T20s.
He
will
give
the
game
plan.
We
will
have
the
team
director,
Jalal
(Yunus)
bhai
and
myself.
Who
else
(do
we
need)?”
Hassan
asked.

The
47-year-old
South
African’s
defensive
approach
was
highlighted
by
the
BCB’s
cricket
operations
chairman
Jalal
Yunus
during
their
maiden
series
defeats
against
Zimbabwe
earlier
this
month.
Bangladesh
lost
both
the
T20I
and
ODI
legs
by
identical
2-1
margins.

“Our
head
coach
(Domingo)
is
a
very
knowledgeable
coach,
but
he
is
not
that
aggressive.
We
want
that
aggression,”
Yunus
was
quoted
as
saying
by
ESPNCricinfo.
Hailing
the
move,
Domnigo
said
the
split-coaching
plan
for
Bangladesh
was
a
“great
idea”.

“It
gives
me
a
nice
focus
on
the
Test
match
and
50-overs
stuff,”
Domingo
said.
“We
have
had
some
great
results,
and
bad
results,
in
T20s.
I
don’t
think
it
is
a
bad
idea
to
make
a
fresh
approach
in
T20s.
I
am
very
open-minded
about
it.

“It
is
not
my
team.
It
is
not
about
me.
I
am
all
for
making
the
team
better.
It
gives
me
nice
clarity
with
the
50-over
World
Cup
coming.
We
know
there’s
a
lot
of
work
(to
be
done)
with
the
Test
team.”

The
Shakib
Al
Hasan-led
side
are
clubbed
with
Sri
Lanka
and
Afghanistan
in
group
B
and
two
teams
make
the
cut
for
the
Super
4.
“I
believe
we’re
a
good
side.
If
we
can
make
the
best
use
of
our
resources
and
we
can
do
it
once
or
twice,
you
will
realise
we
have
the
ability,”
Shakib
said.

Source:
PTI