After working on a temporary contract during the tour of New Zealand last year, Mohsin Sheikh got the responsibility of the performance analyst of the Bangladesh team on a full-time basis. For the next two years, he will work with Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mehdi Hasan Miraj.
Jalal Yunus, head of BCB’s cricket management department, confirmed the appointment of Mohsin to bdnews24.com on Sunday.
“We are again taking Mohsin Sheikh as the analyst for the national team. He has worked with us before. This time a two-year contract has been signed with him. Mohsin will start work from next month’s Zimbabwe series.”
The five-match T20 series will begin on May 3 at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. The Zimbabwean team will come to Bangladesh next Sunday. The first three matches of the series are in Chittagong. The last two will be in Mirpur.
It is known that the contract with Mohsin is from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2026. Before that, he worked as an analyst for the Shantos in three ODIs and three T20Is on the tour of New Zealand last year.
Bangladesh won one ODI and T20 for the first time in New Zealand on that tour. Jalal Yunus hinted that Mohsin might be retained for the full term before he was handed over to the service.
Bangladesh has not had a permanent analyst since last year’s World Cup. Former national cricketer Nasir Ahmed served as an analyst in the Test series against New Zealand at home.
Later on the request of the team management, Mohsin was given responsibility for the tour of New Zealand. Mohsin then worked for Khulna Tigers in BPL. Later BCB did not give him responsibility for the full series against Sri Lanka at home. BCB analyst Shaun Jahan worked in that series.
After about 4 months, Mohsin signed a full term contract with Bangladesh. He has long experience as an analyst. In the 2003-04 season, he started working with age-based teams at the National High Performance Center of Pakistan.
Then he migrated to Australia. Mohsin got citizenship of that country due to work. He has worked with several teams in Big Bash. This Australian of Pakistani origin was with Rajasthan Royals in 2009 IPL.
He also worked in PSL at different times. Before Bangladesh, he last worked for Afghanistan national team. He was an analyst for Afghanistan in last year’s Asia Cup and World Cup.
