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Gamini de Silva, the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB’s) head curator of the Sher-e -Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, was handed a contract extension till 2025, sources confirmed. The contract extension was approved during the eighth board meeting of the incumbent board led by BCB president Nazmul Hassan on Monday.
The Sri Lankan’s previous contract ran till 2023. The two-year extension is part and parcel of the way his contract extensions have been handled.
Gamini first arrived as head curator in 2010 and it is widely considered that his understanding with current head coach Chandika Hathurusingha was key to the Tigers’ success on home soil in Hathurusingha’s previous tenure as the Tigers’ head coach, a period that saw them beat top Test nations such as England in 2016 and Australia in 2017 at home at Mirpur.
Meanwhile, it was learned that Praveen Hinganikar, the head curator of Chattogram’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, has decided to step down. The curator had an unfortunate road accident this year while in India.
