Mohammad Salahuddin will step down as senior assistant coach of the Bangladesh men’s team at the end of the home Test series against Pakistan and take over as head coach of the BCB High Performance unit from next season, after he discussed the move with board president Tamim Iqbal. The HP unit will run a packed home and overseas calendar starting with a Zimbabwe A series in June.
Salahuddin will lead a coaching group that includes Sohel Islam, Mizanur Rahman Babul, Rajin Saleh and Talha Jubair. The squad will be 35 cricketers across red-ball and white-ball formats, with no age cap this season, a change from earlier HP cycles.
The first assignment is the home series against Zimbabwe A. The HP camp begins on 1 June, and the visiting side arrives on 3 June. The 50-over leg has three matches on 8, 10 and 13 June across Bogura and Rajshahi. Two four-day matches will follow at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
In July, the HP unit travels to South Africa for three one-day matches and two four-day games. They then move to Australia from 15 August to 15 September. The Australia leg includes the Top End T20 Series, then two four-day matches, the same template the unit used last cycle. BCB also expects to draw on HP players for the Emerging Asia Cup.
