Former South African batsman Ashwell Prince joined Bangladesh national team cochin staff as the full-time batting coach, both Prince and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the development.
The former batsman will work under the Tiger’s head coach Russell Domingo, who is also a South African.
Prince was included in the Bangladesh coaching staff first time during the Zimbabwe tour. But now, he has been named as the full-time coach and will play the role till T20 World Cup 2022 which will take place in Australia.
“We contracted with Prince for a period of 22 months,” Akram Khan told UNB Thursday.
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“He will work as the batting coach of Bangladesh national team till the T20 World Cup 2022. We are happy with what he has done so far for us.”
It will be Prince’s first stint as the specialist coach of an international team. To take the new role, Prince resigned from the post of the head coach of South Africa's Western Province.
During his playing days, Price played 66 Tests, 52 ODIs and one T20I for South Africa. After finishing his playing career, Prince started his coaching role working with the Cobras which are a franchisee dissolved into Western Province.