No Gibson, Ramanayake to look after Tigers pacers in T20's against Pakistan
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo will have Sri Lankan Champaka Ramanayake as the pace bowling coach of Tigers in the upcoming three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan.
Bangladesh is scheduled to travel to Pakistan for the three T20Is that will all be played in Lahore on 24, 25 and 27 January.
It's the first leg of Bangladesh's three-phase tour of Pakistan.
The post of Bangladesh pace bowling coach went vacant after the departure of Charl Langeveldt, who, was released by BCB as per the request of Cricket South Africa as they wanted him to join their national set-up that was went through a total overhaul.
BCB had already spoken with former South African head coach Ottis Gibson for the post of the bowling coach while Nantie Hayward also showed interest for the post as well.
According to BCB officials they have chosen their High-Performance coach Champaka as he did not had any reservation to tour Pakistan unlike some of their foreign coaching staffs.
It was learned former spin bowling coach Sohel Islam will fill a dual role as he will be guiding the spinners as well as will be in-charge of foreseeing the fielding department of Tigers.
Spin bowling consultant Daniel Vettori and fielding coach Ryan Cook refused to travel to Pakistan. Tusar Kanti Howlader is expected to fill the role of the trainer as Mario Villavarayan, who had injured his finger during his vacation in Sri Lanka.
BCB is expected to name a analyst soon as Shrinivas Chandrasekaran will not be available as well.
