Pubudu Dassanayake will begin his new stint with Nepal national cricket team immediately in the new year. Another announcement is that Sandeep Lamichhane was appointed as the new captain of Nepal.
This will be his second tenure as head coach with Nepal. Pubudu Dassanayake was involved with the coaching in Nepal also from 2011 to 2016. “I am planning to leave for Nepal during the Christmas holidays and begin the coaching journey in January 2022”, the 57-year-old coach, who has been living in Canada, said over the telephone.
“I am very excited to be back in Nepal. Players there are well known to me and I am confident to uplift the standard of cricket in Nepal. Even though a few big players have recently retired, Nepal is a country with no shortage of talent. Many new budding talents are in the pipeline. My first target will be to prepare these players for the T-20 World Cup qualifiers”, he added further.
Sri Lanka-born Pubudu has also coached Canada and the USA teams in the past but has no plans to return to his birth-country. However, he has been keeping a track of cricket in Sri Lanka. “The recent young Sri Lankan team looks good. The future is bright for the young players”, he concluded.
By Bipin Dani
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