According to the agreement, Russell Domingo was supposed to be in charge of the Bangladesh cricket team until this year’s ODI World Cup. However, this South African coach resigned from the responsibility of Bangladesh by himself last year. This Protea coach has got a new responsibility after leaving the responsibility of the Tigers. Domingo has got the responsibility of the coaching staff of the Netherlands cricket team. At one time, South African national team coach Russell Domingo took charge of Bangladesh in 2019. After a two-year contract, a new two-year contract was signed with him. However, this South African coach left on his own after realizing BCB’s attitude last year.

Meanwhile, the Netherlands has not yet confirmed his position in the team. Suddenly, Domingo was brought up as the coach of the Netherlands team in a press conference. The Netherlands will visit Africa this month. They will play three ODIs there first against Zimbabwe. Then the Dutch will go to South Africa and play two ODIs. And the Netherlands has also announced a 17-member squad for those two series. Bangladesh played 22 Tests under Domingo. Where they lost 17 and won only three. In 59 T20 matches, Bangladesh won 23 matches and lost 35 matches. But the success rate was higher in one-day cricket. Bangladesh team won 21 out of 30 matches under Domingo.

BCB’s head of cricket operations Jalal Yunus said that he will not return to Bangladesh again.

Earlier, Domingo was exempted from T20. Before the last World Cup, India’s Sreedharan Sriram was brought in as a technical consultant. Domingo is now being removed from all formats. His absence was evident in the statements of BCB officials in the last few days.

After the Mirpur Test against India, Head of Cricket Operations Jalal Yunus told reporters that they were looking for a “good coach”. At that time, he also hinted at a change in the coaching staff. BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon also spoke in the same tone.

Domingo took charge of Bangladesh in 2019. Since then, he has been working with the national team. Under him, there have been successes such as winning the Test at Mount Maunganui and losing their ODI series on South African soil. But overall the BCB was not happy with his performance.

Before last year’s T20 World Cup, there was a rumor that Domingo would be fired. But Domingo probably guessed his own fate and made a move. He claimed to the BCB that he had received an offer to become the coach of Tasmania in Australia. So before the World Cup, his contract will have to be renewed for two years; Otherwise, he will join a new job. BCB agreed to do such an act on the eve of the World Cup.

“If the BCB wants to sack Domingo in the first year or if he wants to leave the job, he will have to explain the salary amount for the months left until one year from that time.” Because of this agreement, the BCB could not retrench Domingo later. Again, before this year’s T20 World Cup, the drama started again. Domingo has been removed from T20is and Sreedharan Sriram has been made the ‘Technical Director’.

The BCB is very happy with the work of Indian coach Sriram for two months. Efforts are on to get him permanently this time. So what will happen to Domingo? BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon said, “We are moving forward with a plan. We are moving forward with a long-term plan, not a short-term one. A three-four-year plan. If it requires a change, it will change. The thing is that with the number of matches that are there now, it is not possible for any coach to play in three editions. Of course, we need more coaches. What’s more, it’s not just a coach, it’s going to take another guy. ‘

“If we look at the performance, there have been a lot of records during Russell Domingo’s time. The first thing we do is record it. Russell Domingo’s record is very good because we have started winning outside the country. Which we never did. That means Papon still hangs on to Domingo’s future. This mega serial may continue for a few more days. Again, some sources in the BCB say that the mega serial ‘Domingo’ is going to end soon.

In the face of the bowling of Shakib and pacer Ebadat Hossain, the batting strong team Bharat was all out for 186 runs. Shakib scored the third-highest 29 runs in the team’s victory in the chase of the target. Shakib showed all-around skills in Bangladesh’s historic win against India.

Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo said, “Shakib is unbelievable at the end of the day. I have coached in South Africa for a long time. Eight years after Jacques Kallis retired, I think they are still looking for an alternative. They can be sure whether they will play six batters or seven. Will you play an extra bowler or a batter?

Participating in a press conference on Thursday night, Sriram said, ‘I was just leaving the responsibility of Cricket Australia and commenting on the TNPL. Then Khaled Mahmud Sujon called me. He said BCB wants to get me as a technical consultant. Things happened very quickly after that. Now I am in front of you. I think I have been able to join the Bangladesh team very easily.’

The former Indian all-rounder also clarified what is the job of a coach or a technical consultant. He said, ‘I am very clear about my role. There are some skilled coaches on the coaching staff. I hope they do a great job. My main job is to work in coordination with the captain, team director, and these skilled coaches. The main plan is to utilize my T20 coaching experience gained in Australia and IPL. I am not saying that I am leading the team. I’ll just put everything together.’

Khaled Mahmud Sujon has answered the question of why Sriram is being included instead of Domingo. The national team’s team director’s explanation – “Domingo cannot match the pace, nature, and philosophy of the T20 format. BCB does not like his thoughts and plans about T20. Therefore, India’s T20 specialist Sriram has been appointed as the technical director of the national team in this format for the next three months.”

Khaled Mahmud Sujon said, ‘Look, every person has different thoughts. My philosophy or yours is different. So does every coach. To be honest, Domingo’s philosophy may not match ours. It is known to all, it is understood that we are not able to perform in the T20 format. So what is the problem if there is a different philosophy for the country, for cricket? Let’s see, what happens with this new thinking. We can do a lot of experiments in this format. But maybe we can do something like that in test matches too. Look, even after playing Tests for so many years, we are not able to be stable in Test cricket.”

In other words, BCB wants to see how Shakib-Riyadh plays on Sriram’s advice. The former captain of the national team said, ‘Since Sriram works a lot with the T20 team, he will have some inputs. As he is from Asia, our culture is similar. Conversation or communication will also be easy. We will see a change after his arrival.’ But is Domingo being released from the post of T20 coach? And how will the head coach of the Bangladesh team take the matter?

Sujon said, “Domingo is a professional coach. As long as I worked with him, he seemed to be quite positive as a person. I don’t think it will be a big deal.’

But it’s true that we have a lot of work to do. They scored four hundred, we didn’t score one. The members of the coaching staff and everyone on the team have learned big lessons. The World Cup is coming. Fortunately, there are no points in these matches. ’

Domingo added: “Zimbabwe were 60/3, 40/4 in both the matches. Our boys couldn’t stand the pressure. He bowled more loose balls and fielded poorly. The cricketers are working very hard, but they can’t learn from their mistakes. It’s very disappointing. ’