Former South Africa coach Russell Domingo met the Bangladesh Cricket Board high-ups on Wednesday (Aug 7) regarding the vacancy of the national head coach position.
He reached Dhaka in the morning and met BCB president Nazmul Hasan at his private office, along with other board directors.
Domingo, one of the BCB favourites to succeed Steve Rhodes, presented his plans on Bangladesh cricket to the BCB decision makers.
Following almost a three-hour meeting with the BCB officials, Domingo left without making any comment to the media.
The 44-year old is scheduled to leave Thursday (Aug 7).
“We are in communication with a few coaches who have been short-listed for the post [Bangladesh head coach]. The process for recruiting the next Bangladesh coach is in motion. He [Domingo] visited us for an interview, and we have a couple more as options for the job. The remaining options will visit Dhaka in the next three-four days,” BCB media committee chairman Jalal Younus told the media.
According to him, the meeting with was fruitful.
“He is a highly professional coach and gave us a good presentation. He has worked with South Africa cricket for a long time, and is highly qualified for the Bangladesh job. Now we need to think from our part, and also look into the other options that we have,” said Younus.
Domingo at present is the South Africa A team coach, with a tour to India on the horizon that precedes the Proteas’ T20I and Test series against Virat Kohli’s team.
The 44-year old remains the only South African coach to oversee a Proteas win in the knockout stage of the World Cup when the team eliminated Sri Lanka at the quarter-final stage in Sydney in 2015.
He was in charge of the Proteas for four years from 2013 until 2017.
Current, Bangladesh batting coach Neil McKenzie and recently appointed pace bowling coach Charl Langeveldt were part of Domingo’s support staff during his tenure with the South Africa national team.
The post for the Bangladesh head coach went vacant after the BCB parted ways with Rhodes by mutual understanding after the World Cup 2019.
Bangladesh finished eighth in the tournament and this made the BCB come to the decision, despite the agreement with Rhodes running till the World T20I 2020.