Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Tuesday that Mohammad Salahuddin has been appointed as the senior assistant coach of the national cricket team while his contract runs up to March 15, 2025.
With a coaching career spanning two decades, Salah Uddin has previously served as Assistant Coach and Fielding Coach for the National Team from 2006 to 2010. He also worked as a specialist coach at the BCB National Cricket Academy from 2010 to 2011.
In 2014, he was appointed Head Coach of Singapore and led the team in the ICC World Cricket League Division 4. Salahuddin holds an ACC-Cricket Australia Level 3 accreditation and is one of the most successful local coaches, having won multiple Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League titles with the teams he has coached.
BCB president Faruque Ahmed said that his inclusion in the national set-up will pave ways for other local coaches to come into the system in the coming days.
“When I took over as BCB President, I made a commitment to provide opportunities for deserving candidates to contribute to the national team set-up and Salahuddin brings with him a wealth of experience, pedigree, and knowledge, making him the ideal candidate for this role. I firmly believe it is time to integrate more capable Bangladeshi coaches into the system,” Faruque said in a statement on Tuesday.
Salahuddin is expected to travel with the Bangladesh team on November 10 when the leave Dhaka for West Indies to play two Tests along with three ODIs and as many T20Is.
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