Former India left-arm spinner Sridharan Sriram returned as the brand new technical advisor of the Bangladesh Cricket Group on Thursday forward of the ODI World Cup 2023. As reported by ESPNcricinfo, Sriram will be part of the Bangladesh group in Guwahati on September 27 when the group will likely be making preparations for his or her two warm-up matches earlier than the beginning of the upcoming ODI World Cup. In line with the BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus, the previous India spinner will give vital information about Indian situations to Khaled Mahmud, who joined because the group director this month.

Yunus added that the brand new technical advisor will give data concerning India’s climate and pitch situations to gamers since a lot of the Bangladeshi gamers haven’t performed in India. Yunus believes that Sriram’s enter to the group will likely be crucial.

“Sriram has joined because the technical advisor. We’ll get quite a lot of technical help from him,” Yunus mentioned. “He is aware of all of the wickets in India. He can inform us in regards to the climate situations too. Only a few of our gamers have performed in India, so his enter will likely be fairly essential,” Yunus mentioned as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

Earlier in 2022 Sriram performed the position of the technical advisor for Bangladesh cricket and was additionally the pinnacle coach of the group within the T20Is. Earlier than choosing the position in 2022, he was Australia’s spin-bowling coach for six years.

He took Bangladesh to the T20 World Cup in Australia, wherein the group received two video games and was in rivalry for a semi-final spot untill their final group recreation.

Sriram additionally just lately joined because the assistant coach of the IPL franchise Lucknow Tremendous Giants, so it’s possible that his time with the Bangladesh group will once more be restricted to a World Cup.

Within the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023, Bangladesh will lock horns towards Afghanistan of their event opener on October 7 on the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Affiliation Stadium.