Despite ample time before the FTP calendar was finalised, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) are now looking to make drastic changes to their T20I setup and its coaching panel with an eye on the numerous T20Is in the new FTP schedule and the upcoming Asia Cup.

Head coach Russell Domingo arrived in the country yesterday with his future uncertain after BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon's remarks to the media about the board wanting to 'split' coaching responsibilities for the different formats.

A BCB director, on conditions of anonymity, revealed to The Daily Star yesterday morning that Sridharan Sriram was to be appointed head coach till the T20 World Cup. But later in the day, BCB president Nazmul Hassan confirmed to the media that Sriram was coming in as technical consultant.

"We had Sriram shortlisted. He will come on 21st [August]. He is definitely not coming as head coach. He is coming as a technical consultant. He is coming here to work upto the T20 World Cup," Nazmul told the media yesterday.

The matter became trivial, with BCB higher-ups confused about the development. However, Sriram's reputation working with Australia and also IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore made him a front-runner to take up the position.

"Certain things were in consideration before taking him onboard. One is his IPL involvement. We wanted someone involved in high-grade T20 cricket and someone with experience. The World Cup is also in Australia and he has worked in Australia for a long time. For these two reasons, he was appointed as technical consultant," the BCB president said.

On Thursday, media reports stated that Jamie Siddons was set to lead the side in the Asia Cup as head coach. However, the BCB president informed that Siddons wanted to work on development at the age-level.

That Sriram was still in contention for a head coach role could not altogether be dismissed when The Daily Star talked to the BCB president yesterday. "We will decide on the 22nd [August]," he replied when asked whether Sriram could end up being head coach for the Asia Cup.

Sriram, who was assistant coach when Australia won the World Cup in UAE last year, said he was looking forward to working with the Tigers.

"I bring with me twenty-five years of cricketing experience and nine years of coaching at an elite level. I am really looking forward to working with the Bangladesh players. I believe Bangladesh has huge potential in white-ball cricket," Sriram was quoted as saying in a press release.

All this points to Domingo's role becoming uncertain, but splitting the coaching responsibility was a way of taking a load off the coaches for the BCB.

"Till now our thinking is that Domingo should concentrate on ODIs and Tests. We have been talking recently about splitting everything a bit. The number of matches we have… Domingo can't travel so much. We are trying to detach the whole thing, preferably if he takes a break since we have a lot of T20s in the FTP calendar.

"We haven't discussed that [about Domingo not going to Asia Cup]. What we have discussed is that we are trying to change the mindset altogether in this Asia Cup," Nazmul told the media.

"Whether we will keep Domingo and make changes or whether we will be making changes without him is something we can only confirm after a meeting with everyone concerned on August 22," Nazmul said.

"It is preferred that we will make the coaching staff separate too [for the different formats]," he added. Whether Domingo accepts the BCB's proposal of splitting the head coach duties remains to be seen but until that meeting on August 22nd, his future with BCB remains unclear.