Newly appointed head coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team Upul Chandika Hathurusinghe will arrive in Dhaka today (monday night), ahead of the Tigers’ three-match ODI home series against World champions.
The ODI series against India begins on June 15, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) media manager Rabeed Imam told reporters on Sunday.
The former Sri Lankan all-rounder Hathurusinghe has been appointed head coach of Bangladesh Cricket team for next two years.
The 40-year-old coach Hathurusinghe played 26 Test matches and scored 1274 runs with an average of 29.62 while in 35 ODI’s he scored 669 runs with an average of 20.90 runs.
As a bowler, he claimed 17 Test wickets conceding 789 runs with an average of 46.41 runs while in ODI, he captured 14 wickets with an average of 50.64 of runs.
