Sridharan Sriram (; born 21 February 1976) is an Indian cricket coach and former

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er. He is a left-handed

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and a

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bowler. He played in the

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and the

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.On 19 August, 2022, he was appointed as the technical consultant (T20I) of the Bangladesh Men's Cricket Team till the T20 World Cup 2022.

Playing career

Sriram started his cricketing career as a left-arm spinner and took 29 wickets on India's Under-19 tour of South Africa in the 1992–93 season. However, playing for

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, it was his batting which brought him wider recognition. His most prolific season was in 1999-2000 when he scored 1075 runs in the

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including 5 centuries, and was named as an '' Indian Cricket'' Cricketer of the Year. Sriram was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the

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. His consistent domestic form resulted in a call-up to the

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, and he made his

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debut against

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at Nagpur on 19 March 2000. However, a string of low scores meant that he lost his place in the squad after 6 matches. Sriram continued to score heavily in domestic cricket for Tamil Nadu, and he earned a second chance with the national team for the tour of Bangladesh in 2004-05. He played in the first 2 ODIs, taking 3 wickets in the first, and scoring 57 in a losing cause in the second. However, this was to be his last match for India. He moved from Tamil Nadu to

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in 2006. Sriram has also played as an overseas player for the

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in English domestic cricket in 2004, and has been regularly selected for the

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in the

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. He currently plays for

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. In 2007, Sriram decided to sign with the

. Although he quit Indian Cricket League in 2009 and accepted amnesty offer from BCCI to be back into the reckoning for selection at international level.

Coaching career

He worked with the Australia A squad that toured India in 2015. He was also named as a coaching consultant for the

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during the Test series in Bangladesh in 2015. He also accompanied the Australian cricket team during the 2019 Ashes. In 2019, he was appointed as the batting and spin bowling coach of

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. He also was a spin bowling coach for Australia which hosted India for 4 match test series in 2018. On 19 August 2022, he was confirmed as a technical consultant for Bangladesh for T20Is format.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sriram, Sridharan 1976 births Living people India One Day International cricketers South Zone cricketers Maharashtra cricketers Tamil Nadu cricketers Scotland cricketers Himachal Pradesh cricketers Goa cricketers Assam cricketers Delhi Capitals cricketers Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers Chennai Superstars cricketers ICL India XI cricketers Ahmedabad Rockets cricketers Tamil sportspeople Indian cricket coaches