DHAKA, July 9, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director and national team manager Khaled Mahmud Sujon believed Rhodes’ failure to fulfill the board’s demand played a key role in not renewing his contract.
Rhodes was contracted with the board up until the 2020 World T20 in Australia but the board on Monday made it clear that they would part ways with the English born coach from immediate effect.
The reason behind Rhodes’ losing the favour of BCB is believed to because he appears to have very little control over the players, being a gentleman, a type of person whom BCB never liked in the past. The burning example was Shane Jurgensen who was alleged not to control the player the way the BCB would like him to.
Under Rhodes’ guidance, Bangladesh won their first multinational trophy when they lifted the Tri-nation Series and also beat South Africa and West Indies in the ICC World Cup.
But the Tigers ended their World Cup campaign on a disappointing note winning only three matches and many believed it was the sole reason behind his unexpected departure.
However, Khaled Mahmud Sujon did not agree with it totally as he stated that he was not fulfilling the board expectations for quite some time.
“The truth is, performance says so. Of course we had a dream. If you take this World cup into consideration, before the World Cup there were a lot of talking and its natural,” he told the reporters here on Tuesday.
“Bangladesh was a very experienced side. One of the most experienced sides in this World Cup. We didn’t click at the time when it was required. After that, we had some tactical error too. Tactical errors will be there, but we realized that afterwards.
There were some problems with the wickets too. Sometimes this happened. Ultimately I am not blaming anyone. I think, they have given their best shot. In every match, they were attacking; they tried to win every match. But as I said, the luck wasn’t at our side. Like against Pakistan, we finished poorly and didn’t play good cricket at all,” he added.
”I don’t think Steve Rhodes contract was not renewed only because of this World cup. As he has been working here for a year, the board has gone to a settlement with him. Jalal bhai, the media committee chairman and the CEO have said that. May be his coaching wasn’t fulfilling board’s expectations. This happened because of that cause,” he concluded.