HomeNewsSriram Sridharan roped in as AUS's spin consultant for IND tour
Sriram Sridharan roped in as Australia’s spin consultant for India tour
“Sridharan knows our players very well and has a wealth of knowledge on the conditions that our players will face in India,” said Australian team performance manager Pat Howard.
Sydney: Former Indian bowler Sriram Sridharan will work with Australia as a “spin consultant” on the upcoming tour of India, Cricket Australia (CA) announced Tuesday. Sridharan played eight one-day internationals for India and toured with Australian squads in Sri Lanka and India in 2016. “He knows our players very well and has a wealth of knowledge on the conditions that our players will face in India,” said team performance manager Pat Howard. Australia have named four spinners in the squad to take on top-ranked India in the series that begins in Pune on February 23. Uncapped Mitchell Swepson, 23, joins Nathan Lyon, Ashton Agar and Steve O’Keefe.
Monty Panesar, the former England spinner, who played three Test tours of India for 28 wickets, has also been recruited by Australia to impart his knowledge of sub-continent pitches. Panesar, who was one of England’s 2012 winning tourists in India, will spend a week in Brisbane with the Australians as they seek to bolster their chances of winning their first match in India since 2004. Earlier, Australia announced the squad for India tour on Sunday where they included uncapped Mitchell Swepson. Australia’s regular opener Shaun Marsh is back in the Test squad and he will find himself alongside new in-form opening batsman Matt Renshaw.
Renshaw made a sparkling start to his Test career which helped him retain his spot in the Australia Test squad for the India tour. Although Marsh is included in the Test squad, his spot in Test XI is dicey. His score of 130 against Sri Lanka as well as his previous success in Asia may persuade the selectors to bring him back in the Test XI.
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