|| CF Correspondent || 

Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Saturday that they are going to decide the future of Neil McKenzie as their Test batting coach after watching his performance in the opening Test against India.

BCB is eyeing to rope in former South African batsman Neil McKenzie as their full time batting coach instead of his present role as white-ball batting consultant. McKenzie was appointed Bangladesh National Cricket Team’s Batting Consultant on July 20. He joined the national team in Guyana four days later.

BCB initially had an agreement with McKenzie that ran up till the end of ICC World Cup 2019 in England and Wales. After their disappointing performance in the World Cup, BCB decided to axe some of the members of the team management which included head coach Steve Rhodes and bowling coach Courtney Walsh. However, BCB was happy with McKenzie’s performance and decided to extend his contract and now thinking to recruit him on full time basis.

‘’McKenzie will come. And he will stay during the first Test. And we are trying to have him both with red and white ball game. It will be good for our team. He will stay in the first Test and we are discussing for the second Test,’’ said Akram.

‘’We have contracted him just for T20 and one-day. We don’t have contract for the Tests but we are discussing,’’ he added.