Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons has headed to London on Friday for a medical consultation.

Simmons had been with the team in Colombo for the ongoing white-ball series of Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka 2025.

He will be missing the second ODI match on Saturday, but is expected to return for the final match on July 08.

With the rumours suggesting that BCB president Aminul Islam had called Simmons for a performance review, several report confirmed that is his a solely trip for a pre-arranged doctor’s appointment in the UK.

“Phil Simmons is going to tour for two days for personal reasons,” team manager Nafees Iqbal confirmed on Friday.

“He had a doctor’s appointment in February but he missed that due to Champions Trophy. Now the appointment with the physicians cannot be changed,” he added.

“He tried to change it (appointment) but somehow he could not do that. Before the start of the tour, he spoke with the board in this regard (meeting the physicians) and planned accordingly. He is leaving today and will return on 7 July.”

After the conclusion of the ODI series, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will compete in three match T20I series.

Bangladesh lost the test series 0-1 and are currently 0-1 down in the ODI series after losing the opening game by 77 runs.

Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed described the team’s collapse in the first OID against Sri Lanka as ‘unexpected’ after spinners Wanindu Hasaranga and kamidu Mendis picked seven wickets.

“Unfortunately, we had a great start, but after that… a tough loss for us. Seven wickets for five runs—it was unexpected. We tried, but it didn’t happen. It wasn’t a great feeling,” Taskin said after the match.

“Premadasa is a bit tricky, but today, from that (Wanindu) Hasaranga over when (Najmul Hossain) Shanto got run out followed by (Tanzid Hasan) Tamim’s dismissal, we collapsed badly,” he added.

“Those two wickets in one over were the turning point. The way we started today, I was expecting we would win with 5-6 overs in hand, but unfortunately, that collapse was a big loss. It hurts because I am also a player. Bowling and batting combined, we are a team,” Taskin Ahmed concluded.

The second match of the ODI series will be played on July 05 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.