Bangladesh Rope In Daniel Vettori, Charles Langeveldt As Bowling Coaches
Updated - 05 Aug 2019, 02:52 PM
Bangladesh have roped in former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori and former South African bowler Charles Langeveldt as their bowling coaches. Vettori will oversee the job in the spin department while Langeveldt will oversee the pace department.
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He (Vettori) will be joining the coaching staff before Bangladesh come to India in the month of November. His contract will run till T20 World Cup that will be played next year. It is not a full-time contract for now.
The former New Zealand left-arm spinner has replaced Sunil Joshi, who took over the job in 2017. After the World Cup, Bangladesh made number of changes in their backroom staff and also let go Sunil Joshi.
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On the other hand, Langeveldt will replace West Indies’ legend, Courtney Walsh. Like Joshi, Bangladesh also parted ways with the legendary pacer. Langeveldt was recently the coach of Afghanistan cricket team and had a stint with South African team earlier.
Unlike Vettori, he has been handed a full-time contract and will perform the job for a period of two years. The former right-arm pacer played 72 ODIs and 6 Test matches.
For now, Bangladesh have not appointed any full-time coach. Presently, Khaled Mahmud is donning the hat on a part-time basis.
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Just like other coaches, Bangladesh had also parted ways with Steve Rhodes after just one year in the job following Bangladesh’s poor run at Wrld Cup. The Mashrafe Mortaza-led side finished at the eighth spot with just three wins from nine matches.
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The board has advertised for the post of head coach and will soon begin the process to appoint a new head coach. Indian batsman Wasim Jaffer is also one of the members in Bangladesh’s coaching staff and is with the team in Sri Lanka as batting coach.
They lost the first of the three ODIs by a big margin of 91 runs. Playing under Tami Iqbal, Bangladesh failed to chase down a target of 315 and were bowled out on a score of 223. The second ODI of the series takes place tomorrow in Colombo.
