Chandika Hathurusingha suspended as Bangladesh coach (Image Credit:- X)

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has suspended their head coach Chandika Hathurusingha with immediate effect. BCB president Faruque Ahmed confirmed the news.

Chandika Hathurusingha was suspended on disciplinary grounds and will be terminated after 48 hours. Former West Indies cricketer Phil Simmons will serve as interim head coach till the 2025 champions trophy.

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He was removed for the disciplinary issues associated in allegedly slapping a player during the 2023 ODI World Cup in India.

Former Srilanka batter hired in 2023 for the second time in 2023 as head coach , after a largely successful tenure with the Bangladesh side between 2014 and 2017.

“Hathurusingha’s suspension is a 48 hour notice period, which we are giving him because he is an international figure. We have suspended him and with immediate effect he will be terminated.

“There were couple of incidents about the current coach which , for me as a former player , was quite painful. It didn’t set a good example for the Bangladesh team. Considering these things, we have served him today with a show cause notice and suspension from duty as head coach. This is not an easy process from a legal standpoint, and also we had to find a new coach,” Faruque said.

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Under him Bangladesh creates history with a 2-0 test series win against Pakistan. In the recent tour of India they lost the test series 2-0 and T20I series 3-0.