Conditioning coach Villavarayan to miss start of preliminary camp

The BCB has said that Bangladesh's strength and conditioning coach Mario Villavarayan will not be joining the preliminary squad's training camp along with the rest of the foreign coaching staff at the start of August.

Villavarayan was supposed to kick off training on July 20, but has cited "personal reasons" for his delayed return to Dhaka. The Bangladesh players will start the camp under trainer Iftekharul Islam.

"All the staff will be arriving in Dhaka towards the end of this month or at the start of August," BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury told ESPNcricinfo. "Mario [Villavarayan] has said that he has personal issues and he is expected to join soon."

Following the July 1 Dhaka attack, Nizamuddin said that the BCB will provide additional security to BCB's foreign staff. "We will provide the foreign staff with additional security in line with the government directive towards sensitive people and places," he said.

Meanwhile, Brett Harrop, BCB's physiotherapist at the cricket development department, has resigned due to "family reasons".