Former India left-arm spinner Sridharan Sriram has been re-signed as Bangladesh technical consultant for the upcoming Men’s ODI World Cup, starting October 5 in India.
Earlier, Sriram had served the Bangladesh team in the similar role from August 22 till last year’s T20 World Cup in Australia.
According to a report in ESPNCricinfo, Sriram, who played eight ODIs for India, will be joining the Bangladesh team in Guwahati on September 27, ahead of the two warm-up matches before the showpiece event kicks-off. Sriram had earlier been aspin-bowling coach for the Australia men’s side for six years.
“Sriram has joined as the technical consultant. We will get a lot of technical support from him. He knows all the wickets in India. He can tell us about the weather conditions too. Very few of our players have played in India, so his input will be quite important,” Jalal Yunus, BCB’s cricket operations chairman, was quoted as saying in the report.
Sriram had recently served as a commentator for Asia Cup broadcast on Star Sports Tamil.
Notably, Bangladesh will begin its 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup campaign against Afghanistan at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on October 7 and will later take on defending champions England at the same venue on October 10.