After the addition of the Australian cricket legend Justin Langer, his former Australian cricket spin coach consultant, Sridharan Sriram, has joined Lucknow Super Giants as the assistant coach for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024).
Sriram’s appointment completes the Super Giants’ stellar backroom staff led by Head Coach Justin Langer and Global Mentor Gautam Gambhir, alongside Vijay Dahiya, Pravin Tambe and the South African duo of Morne Morkel and Jonty Rhodes as the team’s assistant coaches.
Sridharan Sriram brings with him extensive coaching experience. In his tenure with the Bangladesh men’s national T-20 team, he skillfully led them to secure two remarkable victories in the Super-12s of the T20 World Cup.
In his role with the Australian men’s team, he played a pivotal part in their success at the T20 World Cup and the Ashes during the 2021-22 season.
He has been involved with the IPL as well, working as an assistant coach specializing in batting and spin bowling for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Sriram has also earned the prestigious distinction of an ECB Level-3 “Head Coach” in 2008.
