Salahuddin, who won the BPL four times with Comilla Victorians, has already started working with the Test cricketers in Dhaka while the team is in Sharjah for the ODIs against Afghanistan. He will travel to the Caribbean with the test players on Monday.
“I think this is the right time [to work in the Bangladesh team]”said Salahuddin. “I may not be around as coach for much longer, maybe another four or five years. It would be great to help more generations of cricketers in my long career as a coach; It wouldn’t be right if I know everything but I can’t light a lamp. If I can do this job correctly, it will be useful to the team. If I can have a minimal impact, it will be worth it, despite the time I have left until the Champions Trophy. “I may not be able to bring about a dramatic change, but if something I say can bring about a change, I will be happy.”
“I have to understand the head coach’s philosophy, how he wants to lead the team. I have to help him. I just hope that our guys have a little more confidence. I will also be attentive to his communication with foreign coaches.”
Mohammad Salahuddin
“This time I might have a different role. I have to understand the head coach’s philosophy, how he wants to lead the team,” Salahuddin said. “I have to help him. I just hope our guys have a little more confidence. I will also be attentive to his communication with foreign coaches.”
Salahuddin was almost appointed as the team’s batting consultant in 2017, but the BCB canceled him at the last minute. This soured relations between Salahuddin and the BCB for several years, and the fact that Salahuddin was one of the most critical voices in Bangladesh cricket did not help relations.
Salahuddin said his long conversation with Faruque convinced him to put aside his coaching commitments elsewhere. “I asked for a little time. I was involved in a couple of places, so I needed a little time to get out of those places. I’ve been talking to Faruque bhai for three months, so it gave me time to resolve those commitments.
Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, among others, benefited from their association with Salahuddin when he was previously an assistant coach. He has subsequently played a role in developing several cricketers as a coach at the national level, including Jaker Ali and Mahidul Islam Ankon, who are new to the Bangladesh Test team.
“Please don’t be too quick to label someone a hero or a villain. When a player joins [the national team]They go through many processes and perform consistently to make the team. They have a lot of difficulties,” Salahuddin said in a message to the media. “In international matches, some players may need a few matches to achieve success, while others achieve it immediately. At that point, you make them heroes, but if they don’t perform well in a couple of matches, you label them villains.”
