Hathurusinghe made Tigers\\\' head coach

Former Sri Lankan all-rounder Upul Chandika Hathurusinghe has been appointed head coach of Bangladesh Cricket team for next two years, reports UNB.
Hathurusinghe is likely to arrive in Bangladesh on June 10 ahead of the Tigers' three-match ODI home series against World champions India beginning on June 15, BCB media manager Rabeed Imam confirmed this on Monday.
This will be his first assignment as the head coach of any Test-playing team.
Hathurusinghe left his post as assistant coach of the New South Wales and also as coach of the Sydney Thunder Twenty20 team to take up the head coaching role with the Bangladesh Cricket team.
After the announcement, BCB President Nazmul Hassan, MP said the experience and vast knowledge of the new head coach will be extremely beneficial for the Bangladesh players.
 "We had been on the lookout for someone of similar profile to take over the role of the national team coach. He has a strong background in coaching international standard teams and his understanding of different conditions and cultures will be very helpful."
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) communicated with Hathurusinghe and other two candidates after the Tiger's former head coach Shane Jurgensen's resignation.
Bangladesh had been contemplating on Mr Jurgensen's performance as coach when he had submitted his resignation after the World T20. With a series against India scheduled in June, the BCB had been in talks with Hathurusinghe along with the two other candidates.
The 45-year-old Sri Lankan, who took charge of the Thunder last season, has been offered the chance to coach at full international level by the BCB, after previously being an assistant coach of the Sri Lankan side.
Hathurusinghe has experience at the helm of both New South Wales, in the latter half of the 2012-13 season, and Sydney Thunder. New South Wales won the Sheffield Shield in March, their first domestic title since 2008. They reached the final of the Ryobi Cup as well, but lost to Queensland.
However, the performance of the Sydney Thunder team remained lacklustre in the Big Bash League.
Hathurusinghe had expressed his interest towards a role with Sri Lanka, which is also looking for a new head coach after Paul Farbrace agreed to become England's assistant coach. His tactical acumen was highly prized during his tenure as shadow coach but a disciplinary issue had terminated his association with the side in 2010.
Kumar Sangakkara, then captain of the side, fought against the decision and said Hathurusinghe's 'technical and strategic knowledge was second to none of the foreign coaches I have worked with before' and that in the previous year, Hathurusinghe had "out-worked, out-thought and out-shone the foreign coaching staff within the system."
Upul Chandika Hathurusinghe played 26 Test matches and scored 1274 runs with an average of 29.62 while in 35 ODI's he scored 669 runs with an average of 20.90 runs. In his five T20 career, he managed to cash 137 runs with an average of 45.66 runs.
As a bowler, he claimed 17 Test wickets conceding 789 runs with an average of 46.41 runs while in ODI, he captured 14 wickets with an average of 50.64 of runs and in the T20 cricket, he grabbed 3 wickets for 85 runs with an average of 28.33 runs.
Meanwhile, the BCB has appointed Mario Villavarayen as the national team's Strength and Conditioning Coach. The 40-year old Sri Lankan had been serving as Sri Lanka Cricket's strength and conditioning coach since 2011. He had also performed the same role for Sri Lanka Cricket' s development squads (from 2008 to 2010) and Sri Lankan Premier League side Uthura Rudras (2012) and Indian Premier League team Kochi Tuskers (2011).
Villavarayen is a former first class cricketer and has represented Sri Lanka A. He will join the Bangladesh National Team on a two-year contract. He is expected to arrive in Bangladesh in June before the start of the ODI series against India.
Brief profile of Hathurusinghe
Hathurusinghe (45) began his cricket coaching career in 2005. He is a Cricket Australia and ECB Level 3 qualified coach with substantial international and first-class coaching experience. He is currently the coach for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League and an assistant coach for New South Wales 'Blues'. He was also the assistant coach for Australia 'A' and an Interim head coach for NSW 'Blues', consultant coach for the Sydney Sixes for Champions League T20 and consultant coach for Canada in the 2011 World Cup.