BCB chief executive officer, Mahmudur Rahman had told TIMES NOW that, "Whatmore being an Australian approaches things the Australian way, whereas the players in the sub-continent are an emotional lot. Dav is not used to giving explanations."

Rahman's comments in essence put a question mark over the man-management skills of Whatmore, who is a likely candidate to replace Greg Chappell in Team India.

After TIMES NOW aired the story where BCB had expressed their reservations about his coaching skills, sources close to the 53-year-old Australian coach revealed that the comments had not gone down too well with Whatmore.

Whatmore has taken serious offence to the comments and is planning to charge the BCB for bringing his name to disrepute.

Sources have also revealed to TIMES NOW that the Bangladeshi players quickly came to the support of their coach and rallied behind him. In fact, TIMES NOW has learnt that skipper Habibul Bashar is to clear the air regarding Whatmore with Indian captain Rahul Dravid.

The burly Australian who has been coaching Bangladesh for the past four years has led them from being a poor side to world-beaters. His famous wins with Bangladesh have been against India in 2004, Australia in 2005 and their famous run in the just concluded World Cup which has easily been the highlight of his illustrious coaching career.