How did the Bangladesh job come around? Did the International Cricket Council (ICC) play a role?
The ICC didn’t have to do anything. It was just a case of the timing being the right for the employer and the timing being right for the employee. I was looking for another challenge (after Sri Lanka). Often things don’t come at the right time, but this one did. After Sri Lanka, I was considering one or two other options, but this was more tempting. I was putting my reputation on the line a bit and had to direct a lot of energy towards the Bangladesh job. How difficult is it to coach a weak team? It has different degrees of difficulty. The team has been underperfoming for some time and my number one job is to get the team back to playing good cricket. That will take some time, as you need to address a number of areas. The areas that need to be primarily focussed on at the moment are getting proper training, the right facilities, identifying the sort of talent required at this level, and to try to improve existing flaws. And for that, I need to understand everything about Bangladesh cri
