Former Cricketer Samaraweera to Remain as Bangladesh Batting Consultant

Samaraweera joined Bangladesh ahead of the Afghanistan series for a stint that was initially to run until the end of the England series.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board intends to extend Thilan Samaraweera’s spell as Bangladesh batting consultant until next year’s Champions Trophy.

Bangladesh Cricket operations committee chairman Akram Khan said that Samaraweera is prepared to stay on in his role. The chairman further stated that “We are keeping him, everyone is positive about him. The coach wants him to stay back, and so does everyone else. He also doesn’t have any reservations about it.”

However now he will be part of the coaching staff for the tours to New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka, Ireland and England in the upcoming seven months.