Phil Simmons appointed as interim head coach of Bangladesh

Former West Indies all-rounder Phil Simmons has been appointed as interim coach of Bangladesh until the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.

The 61-year-old is replacing Chandika Hathurusinghe, who has been suspended by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on disciplinary grounds.

Hathurusinghe has been suspended for 48 hours and is to be "terminated immediately" after that period and has also been served a show-cause notice by the board.

"Hathurusinghe has two counts of misconduct," BCB president Faruque Ahmed said.

"First is about an assault on a player. Secondly, he took too many leaves, more than what was in his contract."

This will be Simmons’ fifth international coaching job including stints as West Indies men’s head coach from 2015-2016 and 2019-2022.