Wasim Jaffer may join Bangladesh Cricket Board's game development wing

Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 1 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer is in contention to join the Bangladesh Cricket Board game improvement wing where he will work with young players and with the board's high-performance centre.

According to ESPNcricinfo, Wasim will work with Bangladesh under-19 boys to look after their batting skills and at improvement wherever it is required.

Wasim has worked with Bangladesh as a batting consultant at the BCB's academy in Mirpur in 2019. At that time, he was working with the country's age-group teams - Under-16s to Under-19s - and had also worked as a consultant with Bangladesh's main team. Jaffer had also played in the Dhaka Premier League for Abahani Limited in 2018-19.

The Indian batter was also the batting coach of Punjab Kings in IPL from 2019 to 2021.

Wasim played for over two decades and finished as the most-capped player in Ranji Trophy history (156). He is the only batter to have breached the barrier of 1000 runs in a Ranji season twice, in 2008-09 and 2018-19.

Jaffer also played 31 Tests (1944 runs at an average of 34.10, with five centuries) and two ODIs for India. He finished as the fifth-highest scorer in Indian first-class cricket, behind Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. (ANI)

Source: Sports