Bangladesh named former Pakistan leg-spinner and World Cup winner Mushtaq Ahmed on Tuesday as the spin-bowling coach for the men's national cricket team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mushtaq will join the side before a preparation camp for next month's five-match Twenty20 international series against Zimbabwe and will work with the Bangladesh team until the end of the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the United States.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh has been in the hunt for a spin-bowling coach since Sri Lankan Rangana Herath left in November. Local coach Sohel Islam filled in during the recent series against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mushtaq was spin coach with England from 2008-14, the West Indies in 2018-19 and Pakistan from 2020-2022.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He was also Pakistan's bowling consultant between 2014 and 2016.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It is a great honour for me to be a part of the Bangladesh cricket team as a spin-bowling coach," 53-year-old Mushtaq said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I am looking forward to the role and want to pass my experience to the players because they are very coachable and I always believe that they are one of the most dangerous teams around.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"They can beat anyone because they have the capability, the resources and the talent. I will try to instil that belief into them," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n