BANGLADESH TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025
Simmons is heading to London for a medical appointment © AFP
Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons is leaving Sri Lanka on Friday to meet physicians in London. There were speculations that the head coach was being summoned by the BCB president Aminul Islam for a performance review of the coaches but that’s not the case with Simmons, who had a scheduled appointment with doctors in the UK.
Simmons is expected to be available for the third ODI of the series as the former West Indian opener is scheduled to return to Sri Lanka on July 7. Bangladesh will play three T20Is following the ODI series.
“Phil Simmons is going to tour for two days for personal reasons,” team manager Nafees Iqbal confirmed on Friday. “He had a doctor’s appointment in February but he missed that due to Champions Trophy. Now the appointment with the physicians cannot be changed. He tried to change it (appointment) but somehow he could not do that. Before the start of the tour, he spoke with the board in this regard (meeting the physicians) and planned accordingly. He is leaving today and will return on 7 July.”
Bangladesh, who played well in the opening Test that ended in a draw, are yet to find their rhythm as they lost the second Test, and hence the two-match series. They then suffered a dramatic collapse to lose the opening ODI of the three-game series.
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