Sridharan Sriram joins Chennai Super Kings as an Assistant Bowling Coach
Author: Joy Sarcar
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Former All-Rounder Sridharan Sriram collaborates with Chennai Super Kings as an assistant bowling coach prior to IPL 2025. Sriram brings years of coaching experience and plenty of game expertise to CSK franchise cricket. His first IPL stint in coaching was marked with RCB. The veteran coach has great know-how in working with leading spinners such as Gopal, Noor, Jadeja, and Ashwin.
Five Times Title Winner CSK Associates with Sriram Ahead of MI Clash
Sridharan Sriram holds a spectacular record of working with numerous IPL franchises.
- His collaboration with CSK weeks before the IPL 2025 clash against Mumbai Indians hints at the preparations.
- Almost a month before the IPL league, ace left-arm spinner Sridharan joined hands with Chennai Super Kings, the five-time title winners.
- He is appointed as an assistant bowling coach before the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League. Other CSK staff includes head coach Stephen Fleming, Batting Coach Michael Hussey and bowling consultant Eric Simsons.
Sriram’s Remarkable Coaching Experience to be An Asset for CSK
The veteran left-arm spinner has played around eight ODIs from the Indian squad and is known for his brief spell with the Delhi Capitals in 2011 and RCB in 2010.
- The 49-year-old ace bowler would add value with his coaching expertise to the leading IPL franchise.
- He has also earlier worked as an Australian bowling coach for spinners and even served Bangladesh as a technical consultant.
- Sriram plays a crucial part in the IPL ecosystem as his presence was always marked in the dressing rooms of Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and recently at Lucknow Super Giants.
- His years of knowledge and incredible expertise with spinner coaching might prove a game-changer to the CSK franchise.
Career Statistics of Sridharan Sriram
Sriram has contested in eight ODIs to date and has bagged over nine wickets at an average of 30.44. The left-arm spinner and coaching expert is also handy with bat.
- He held a decent average of 52.99 in first-class cricket from the records. Sridharan scored 9,539 runs from 194 innings, including over 36 fifties and 32 centuries.
- He also has a record of scalping 85 wickets in the red-ball cricket earlier. From the 15 T20s he has played, Sriram scored 233 runs with an average of 21.18.
- The avid spinner has also taken about four wickets in the same format at an average of 56.75.
CSK has positioned Sriram to supervise the spin department of the franchise including Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Gopal, Ravichandran Ashwin and Noor Ahmad. The Chennai Super Kings are all set to pull the IPL Campaign 2025 against Mumbai Indians at home on March 23.
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