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BCB appoints Wasim Jaffer as batting consultant at Mirpur Academy

41-year-old Jaffer, a domestic stalwart, will spend six months in a year with the young batsmen of Bangladesh and train them at the game development unit of the academy

After winning accolades in the domestic circuit for years, former Indian opener Wasim Jaffer will now serve as a batting consultant in Bangladesh. He has been roped in by the Bangladesh Cricket Board to train the teams of U16 to U19 in Mirpur. The development was confirmed by a senior BCB official Thursday. “Jaffer has been given one-year contract from May to April 2020 as a batting consultant of BCB academy in Mirpur. Initially, he will look after the age group teams of U16 to U19 at the game development unit of the academy. Later on, he may be roped in as the batting consultant of the BCB High-Performance Unit (NCA equivalent),” Kaisar Ahmed, Manager, BCB Game Development said. It is also understood that the 41-year-old Jaffer, a domestic stalwart, will spend six months in a year with the young batsmen of that country. Jaffer, who played 19 seasons for Mumbai before representing Vidarbha, was instrumental in guiding them to two consecutive Ranji Trophy titles, which has been acknowledged by the players of the team. Jaffer has played 31 Test matches for India and scored 1,944 runs with the highest score of 212. He also played two One Day Internationals.
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