At the helm of Bangladesh’s triumph is former Sri Lanka international Naveed Nawaz who was appointed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) as their under 19 head coach in July 2018 until the 2020 Under 19 World Cup in South Africa.
At the time when the appointment was made the BCB made the statement: “We have appointed him (Nawaz) as our head coach until the next World Cup. We expect his vast experience at working with age-level players will help him to take our cricketers forward. Nawaz will oversee the Bangladesh U-19 team programmes and will prepare the side for the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2020 that will be held in South Africa.”