BCB chief criticises Whatmore

Mahmudur Rahman, CEO of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), says that outgoing coach Dav Whatmore lacked a "characteristic essential" in dealing with sub-continental teams. With a fair amount of speculation building as to Whatmore's future in India, also in search of a coach, Rahman offered a word of caution about the Sri Lankan-born Whatmore.

"From what we've read and seen, the issue for India seems to be that coaches have not been able to get into players' heart and that could be one aspect the Indian board might want to talk about," he told Times Now, an Indian television channel, in Dhaka."Dav being an Australian is used to the Australian way of doing things.

"There [in Australia], you do not have so much of explanation. Here in the sub-continent, we're very emotional people and sometimes a player performs depending upon how he feels when he gets out of bed."

Whatmore stepped down as Bangladesh's coach last month, but also expressed his interest in coaching India following Greg Chappell's resignation in the aftermath of India's quick exit from the World Cup. Whatmore's comments didn't go down well with the BCB, which stated that it could affect the morale of the team.

Whatmore, whose four-year tenure will end after the current home series against India, has declined to comment on Rahman's comments.