Dhaka: The Bangladesh Cricket Board has said that it had suspended head coach Chandika Hathurusingha for misconduct including an alleged assault of a player, the media reports said.
Trinidadian former all-rounder Phil Simmons has been appointed stand-in coach and will take the team up until the ICC Champions Trophy, set for Pakistan in February 2025, the Daily mirror reported.
"You can't assault a national player physically," BCB president Faruque Ahmed said on Tuesday while announcing Hathurusingha's suspension, without giving details of the alleged incident.
There was no immediate response from Hathurusingha.
