The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has taken some initiatives in the aftermath of the national team's abysmal performance in the T20 World Cup, where the Tigers' nightmare started with a defeat against Scotland in the first round before ending with defeats in all five Super 12 matches.

The first visible move was the appointment of former national captain and current board director Khaled Mahmud as team director for the upcoming Pakistan series at home while the latest was the formation of a two-member committee, consisting of BCB directors Enayet Husain Siraj and Jalal Yunus, entrusted with assessing why Bangladesh failed to deliver in the ongoing mega-event.

Apart from that, there has only been speculation that the board is planning a major overhaul to the coaching set-up.

These sporadic initiatives have raised serious questions about whether the board sincere enough to unearth the real facts behind the debacle and if the board is awaiting another success from national team to use to sweep all the criticism under the carpet as usual?

It would have been an ideal had the board called an emergency meeting to discuss the issue and formed an independent committee to unearth the reasons for the debacle, similar to the one formed after fiasco at the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.

Only this kind of truly soul-searching effort can help the board fix the problems now like it did then. Bangladesh benefited immensely from the in-depth report from an independent committee after the 2003 disaster.

Instead, the appointment of Mahmud and talk of overhauling the coaching staff appears to be another routine move from the board in search of a quick fix.

It was not only the team's performance in the T20 World Cup, but the overall state of the country's cricket that came under heavy criticism following the forgettable performance. Many opine there are numerous facets that should be addressed in order to break the vicious cycle of debacles with glories few and far between.

From cricket pundits to cricket fans, major issues that came to the fore, other than the players' failure in the field, were: interference from BCB higher-ups, a lack of foresight and planning for T20 cricket, a poor state of domestic cricket, a failure to think about good team management, an incompetent media contingent who reportedly failed to handle issues in crunch moments.

While the two members of the fact-finding committee are true gentlemen and have been serving the country's cricket in an administrative capacity for a long time, the problem is whether they will be able ask the players, staff and board officials the hard questions given their current positions and produce a comprehensive report for the betterment of the country's cricket?

When the duo, as board members, have to bear responsibility regarding these issues, how can one expect the two-member committee to unearth the truth behind the failure?

When former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza raised many questions and urged authorities not to scapegoat players for failures but to correct the process without damaging the players, perhaps it deserved special attention.

Unfortunately, the current BCB under the leadership of Nazmul Hassan is seemingly hesitant of paying attention to criticism, instead walking along the same old 'eyewash' path.