Bangladesh Cricket Board’s decision to retain head coach Russell Domingo despite the below-par performance of the team which continued in the T20 World Cup, has emerged as the latest point of discussion in the cricketing fraternity.
Bangladesh had come to the T20 World Cup with high hopes.
But as it happened, the team which recently jumped to No 6 in the T20 ranking have been struggling throughout the world event.
The tournament started with a blow as they lost to Scotland in the qualifying round.
In the Super 12s they now have very little chance of progressing any further in the tournament having lost the first three games – in two of which, against Sri Lanka and West Indies, Bangladesh had gone very close to victory.
The BCB had come to the decision to extend its agreement with Domingo ahead of the T20 World Cup under a strong termination clause in favor of the former South African cricketer.
Verified by several sources, Domingo ahead of the T20 World Cup had informed the board of a job offer, from a domestic team, and that he would like to make a switch.
But the board decided to keep Domingo for two more years and also agreed to the termination clause – according to which the board will have to pay six months’ salary to the head coach in case of breaking the agreement.
Speaking to several individuals close to the board, it is understood that the BCB’s decision to retain Domingo has been made on facts and not out of desperation.
It is learnt that decision makers in the BCB are trying to come away from conventional manner of putting all blame on the coaching staff and the management.
Occasions have been ample both in Bangladesh cricket and around the world of the board bringing a major change to the coaching panel of the team following failures, particularly in major events.
In 2019, Bangladesh had pointed to the then coach Steve Rhodes as responsible for the team’s dreadful failure in the World Cup in England.
But now BCB doesn’t want to put blame on the coaching panel for the players giving their wickets away to repetitive shot selections or letting go of conditional catches.