Former India all-rounder Sridharan Sriram has been appointed as technical consultant of the Bangladesh team for the Cricket World Cup 2023 in India.
He will join the squad in Guwahati from the beginning of the team’s World Cup journey.
The Bangladesh side will travel to Guwahati for two practice matches of the World Cup on September 29 and October 2 against Sri Lanka and England respectively, before moving to Dharamshala for the tournament opener against Afghanistan on October 7.
Sriram had previously worked with the Bangladesh team as technical consultant in the Asia Cup Twenty20 in the United Arab Emirates, T20 tri-nation series in New Zealand, and the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia.
He was assistant coach of the Australian team from 2018 to 2022.
Prior to that, from 2015 to 2018, Sriram was a consultant coach for Cricket Australia.
He appeared in eight One Day Internationals for India between 2000-2004 and had a distinguished first-class career spanning nearly 18 years.