The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has eliminated Mohammad Ashraful as the lads’s workforce’s batting coach, with Excessive Efficiency coach Mohammad Salahuddin set to take over on an interim foundation.
Ashraful was appointed to the position in November 2025. In a media launch, the BCB mentioned he can be moved to a different place throughout the board, whereas Salahuddin would stay in command of the batting unit till a everlasting substitute is appointed. The board didn’t present particulars about Ashraful’s new position.
Salahuddin had beforehand served as Bangladesh’s assistant coach and was in command of the batting unit earlier than Ashraful changed him.
Ashraful was a part of some of the memorable moments in Bangladesh cricket historical past. At simply 20, he scored a century to assist Bangladesh pull off a shocking upset in opposition to Australia in 2005.
He went on to play 177 ODIs, scoring 3,468 runs, the fifth-highest tally for Bangladesh. He additionally featured in 61 Assessments, changing into the youngest participant to attain a Take a look at century, and performed 23 T20Is. Ashraful remained energetic in home cricket as just lately as two years in the past.
Nevertheless, his taking part in profession additionally had its share of setbacks. In 2013, he was handed a prolonged ban from all BCB-related cricket actions for his involvement in match-fixing within the Bangladesh Premier League. He returned to the fold three years later and ultimately moved into teaching.
Ashraful’s contract as batting coach was subsequently prolonged till February subsequent yr.
Bangladesh’s subsequent project is a two-Take a look at collection in opposition to the West Indies, beginning on October 28 in Mirpur. The workforce just lately misplaced to Afghanistan within the last of the UAE ODI tri-series.
