BCB begins overhaul after World Cup no-show

Following a series of meetings over the past few days among Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) higher-ups, including president Nazmul Hassan, after a disastrous performance in the ICC T20 World, Bangladesh cricket is shaping up to undergo a major overhaul ahead of the upcoming home series against Pakistan.

As part of a major overhaul to the coaching setup, the BCB has decided to appoint former national captain and current board director Khaled Mahmud as the team director for the upcoming Pakistan series.

It was also learned that the board has offered renowned local coach Mohammad Salauddin the role of assistant coach for the Tigers and also discussed the possibility of bringing back former chief selector Faruk Ahmed as the head of the national selection panel. However, it is still uncertain whether Salauddin and Faruk will decide to take up the jobs that they have been offered. "Faruk and Salauddin are being considered for chief of the selection panel and assistant coach of the national team respectively. There have been talks of including them in the national set-up for quite some time. The board is ready to appoint them. The ball is in their court," the BCB director added.

While the BCB seems desperate to change the fortune of the national team following intense criticism for their dreadful performance in the flagship event, they are determined to keep a hold of Russell Domingo as head coach after handing him a two-year contract extension.

It also appears that there will be massive chops and changes to the current national set-up, with underperforming players like Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar expected to be dropped for the Pakistan series to make way for the injection of new faces from Bangaldesh's Under-19 World Cup-winning squad.

Youngsters like Towhid Hridoy, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzid Hasan Tamim and left-arm spinner Tanvir Islam have already been told by the selectors to prepare for the national camp, which is set to begin from mid-November.

It was also learned that board president Hassan held a meeting with former ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and ODI captain Tamim Iqbal right after Bangladesh's defeat to Australia in their last Super 12 game. It was also learnt that Tamim had been requested to participate in the upcoming three-match T20I series against Pakistan. But it is unlikely that dashing left-hander will return to the shortest format considering he had opted out of the T20 World Cup.