Salahuddin to essay batting coach role in Bangladesh's tour of WI

Bangladesh men's team batting coach David Hemp will not be involved with the side in the tour of West Indies, with newly appointed senior assistant coach Mohammad Salahuddin will look after the batting department in the Caribbean.

BCB had @L0$ to rope in local coaches but the board's newly-appointed president Faruque Ahmed has changed that, by @L1$ as the senior assistant coach of the men's team. Salahuddin, whose contract will run until March 15 next year, began his second stint with the tour of the West Indies.

Hemp joined BCB as a High Performance head coach in May 2023 but later became the batting coach of the national team. It is understood Hemp, who did not travel with the team to West Indies and currently staying in Bangladesh, is expected to return as HP head coach again.

"Hemp is not part of the team as we have appointed Mohammad Salahuddin as senior assistant coach. He will look after our batting," BCB cricket operation in-charge Shahriar Nafees told Cricbuzz on Wednesday.

Nafees also added that Bangladesh have appointed India's Akshay Hiremath as performance analyst for the tour of West Indies. He replaced Mohsin Sheikh.