Ashraful blindsided by BCB axe before West Indies series
Bangladesh removed batting coach Mohammad Ashraful from his role on Saturday night, four days before the West Indies Test. Mohammad Salahuddin will serve as an interim replacement.
Bangladesh sacked batting coach Mohammad Ashraful late on Saturday, four days before the West Indies Test at Mirpur. A short press release named Mohammad Salahuddin as the emergency stand-in. Ashraful said the call came after Maghrib prayers: he was being rested, but would stay on his three-month contract and wait for future assignments. The move follows a dismal white-ball run where the Tigers won nothing and never reached 200 in the tri-nation series.
CricHubb Take
The BCB is betting that a white-ball fix will lift morale before the Test series, but the timing leaves Ashraful's red-ball gains hanging in the balance.