Australia appoint Sridharan Sriram as spin consultant for India Test tour
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Cricket Australia roped in former India cricketer Sridharan Sriram as spin consultant for the four-Test tour of India starting next month. Australia also appointed former England spinner Monty Panesar to guide their main spinner, Steve O'Keefe, ahead of the series.
In a bid to overcome spin troubles in India, Australia contracted all-rounder Sriram, who played eight ODIs between 2000 and 2004, and had previously worked with the Aussies during the World T20 in India last year and the tour of Sri Lanka.
"As always, I consider it a great
Cricket Australia's high-performance manager Pat Howard said Sriram's understanding of the Indian conditions will help the team.
"Sri has worked with us on a number of occasions now all across our pathway system and he is currently in Dubai with our Under-16 team providing his expertise
Sriram will travel with some of the Australian squad members on Jan 29 to Dubai for the team's training camp ahead of the Indian tour.
Meanwhile, left-arm spinner Panesar, who picked up 17 wickets in England's 2-1 series win in India in 2012-13, will work with O'Keefe in preparation for the series.
"Having Monty come up is a nice way to kickstart the squad's thinking about playing in India. We want the batsmen to be thinking about what the bowlers will be trying to do to them over there and Monty can engage them that way as well as with the bowlers," Howard told The Australian.
