Salahuddin resigns after Ashraful appointed as batting coach

Sports Desk

Senior assistant coach Mohammad Salahuddin has resigned after Mohammad Ashraful was appointed as the national team’s batting coach without following any rules. Although he cited ‘personal’ reasons in his resignation letter, he said in his words that he was no longer enjoying his time with the Bangladesh team.

It is learnt that the upcoming home series against Ireland will be his last duty with the national team. Salahuddin, who rejoined the BCB coaching setup in November last year, officially submitted his resignation on Wednesday.

Salahuddin, who has nearly 20 years of coaching experience, served as the national team’s assistant and fielding coach from 2006 to 2010.
Later, he worked as a specialist coach at the BCB’s National Cricket Academy from 2010 to 2011. In 2014, he took over as the head coach of the Singapore national team and led the team in the ICC World Cricket League Division-4.

Salahuddin, who holds a Level-3 coaching certificate from the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and Cricket Australia, has had success in domestic cricket. However, there was a question from the beginning whether he was qualified to be an assistant coach for an international team.

He was appointed by Farooq Ahmed. This time, Salahuddin had to leave long before the contract was signed. Ashraful, who replaced him as batting coach, has very limited coaching experience.