Former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud will act as head coach of the Bangladesh national team for the upcoming tri-nation ODI series, featuring hosts Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, followed by two Tests and an equal number of T20Is in the home series against Sri Lanka.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is yet to appoint a permanent coach after the resignation of Chandika Hathurusingha despite having interviewed a couple of high profile names such as Phil Simmons and Richard Pybus.

The board seems unwilling to rush the appoint of a new coach but BCB president Nazmul Hassan previously informed that Mahmud is likely to play the role of Technical Director in the forthcoming series.

“It can be said that there will be no head coach in the upcoming series but my role will be more of a head coach. May be the name from coach will be changed to Technical Director but my job will be the same. Whenever I was given any responsibility I tried to fulfil that and for me the role or the position is not as important as working for Bangladesh itself, which is a huge thing for me,” Mahmud told reporters at the National Cricket Academy premises yesterday when asked to elaborate on his role.

“It's a big opportunity for me and I will try to grab this with both hand and I will try to utilise my knowledge and coaching skills in the upcoming series,” the chairman of the BCB game development committee added.