Dale Benkenstein appointed Bangladesh's batting specialist ahead of SA tour
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Former South Africa allrounder Dale Benkenstein has been appointed "batting specialist" of the Bangladesh men's team for their upcoming all-format series in South Africa.
Benkenstein made 300 List A and 264 first-class appearances during his 20-year career, scoring 15962 first-class runs and more than 9000 limited-overs runs.
Born in Zimbabwe, he began his career at Natal, in South Africa, and after being named captain at the age of 22, took the side to four-day and one-day domestic titles. That led to Benkenstein making his ODI debut for South Africa against England in 1998, and he went on to play a total of 23 ODIs.
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His first head coach job was at Hampshire, when he led the club to promotion to Division One in 2014 and two Vitality Blast Finals Day appearances. He then went on to coach Gloucestershire in 2022 and 2023 and was then in charge of Lancashire till 2025. He is currently serving as Durham's batting consultant.
He worked as South Africa men's batting coach from 2017-19 and also served as an assistant coach at Pretoria Capitals in the SA20.
The BCB recently reassigned Mohammad Ashraful from his role as the men's team's batting coach, with BCB's High Performance coach Mohammad Salahuddin taking over the role on an interim basis. Benkenstein will work under head coach Phil Simmons.
Bangladesh are scheduled to tour South Africa in November and December 2026 to play two Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is. The Test series will be part of the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle. The series commences with the first Test in Johannesburg on November 15.
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