Pubudu Dassanayake back to Nepal, to coach Bhairahawa cricket team

By Hishan Welmilla

Former Sri Lankan test player Pubudu Dassanayake has return to Nepal .

Pubudu Dashanayake, who was successful as the head coach of the Nepali national cricket team four years ago, is coming back to Nepal.

But this time, he will train the Bhairahawa Gladiators team to play the Nepal Premier T20 Cricket Everest Premier League EPL.

Aditya Sanghai, owner of Bhairahawa Gladiators, said Dashanayake had contracted for a long time.

“We are proud to be a part of the team that is known for playing cricket. We are confident that he will seek new talent not only for franchise cricket but also for Nepali cricket.”He said,

‘Now intensive training abroad’ Nepal awaits one-day international cricket New role .Recently, Umesh Patwal has been appointed as the head coach of the Nepali National Cricket Team for a year, so there is no place for Dashanayake to return to the national team immediately.

Former USA head coach Pubudu Dassanayake has said his position as head coach became untenable after his decision-making authority was stripped back with the introduction of Kiran More as USA director of cricket at a USA T20 World Cup Qualifying squad selection camp last month in Los Angeles..

“It’s basically everything. We can say it one word: freedom, to work,” Dassanayake told ESPNcricinfo when asked why he had chosen to resign immediately on Friday rather than staying on until the end of his contract in December. “It’s been cooking for awhile. Resigning is mainly a personal decision and the reason for it is in the best interests of the national team.

Dassanayake has been at the top of the totem pole in US cricket since September 2016 when he came on board as USA head coach, overseeing both the men’s and Under-19 teams at the time. As such, he had a commanding presence in squad selection and the overall direction of the national team program, helping guide USA from World Cricket League Division Four in Los Angeles in November 2016 to finally achieving ODI status earlier this year at WCL Division Two in Namibia.