Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe on Monday shrugged off media speculations regarding his taking over the charge of Sri Lanka national cricket team.
Hathurusinghe joined the preparation camp of the 27-member elite squad ahead of the home series against Australia featuring two Tests. Quoting other reports, Press Trust of India on September 4 said that Sri Lanka Cricket is likely to approach Hathurusinghe for the post of chief coach as he has done remarkably well with the Bangladesh national side.
The post of Sri Lanka’s head coach fell vacant after Marvan Atapattu resigned earlier in the wake of their 2-1 Test series defeat to India.
‘I am just learning about the speculation through Facebook,’ Hathurusinghe told New Age regarding the latest development.
Hathurusinghe arrived in Dhaka on Sunday after completing his vacation and looked to be in no mood to switch his focus from his job at hand as he spent a busy day at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
Hathurusinghe held several meetings with members of the selection panel and BCB’s grounds committee chairman to discuss his future plan of action about the forthcoming Australia series.
BCB officials said Hathurusinghe gave his consent about sending a strong Bangladesh A-team in India where at least 10 Test cricketers could be included.
Hathurusinghe also asked the grounds committee to prepare a sporting wicket for the Australia series.
Tigers start their full-fledged skill camp on Monday after a three-week long strength and conditioning camp under the guidance of trainer Mario Villarayan that ended on Monday.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said there is no chance of their coach leaving his job now.
‘There is no chance of him quitting immediately,’ said Nizamuddin, referring to Hathurusinghe, who is under contract with the BCB till June 2016.
‘As far as I know he was not evn approached by SLC,’ he added.
-With New Age input
