Sridharan Sriram

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{{short description|Indian cricket player.}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Indian name|Sriram|Sridharan}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Sridharan Sriram
| image =
| country =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|2|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = [[Slow left-arm orthodox]]
| role = Batsman
| international = true
| odidebutdate = 19 March
| odidebutyear = 2000
| odidebutagainst = South Africa
| odicap = 129
| lastodidate = 26 December
| lastodiyear = 2004
| lastodiagainst = Bangladesh
| club1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| year1 = 1993/94–2005/06
| club2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| year2 = 2006/07
| club3 = [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| year3 = 2009/10
| club4 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| year4 = 2010/11
| club5 = [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| year5 = 2011/12
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches1 = 8
| runs1 = 81
| bat avg1 = 13.50
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 57
| deliveries1 = 32
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 30.44
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/43
| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches2 = 133
| runs2 = 9,539
| bat avg2 = 52.99
| 100s/50s2 = 32/36
| top score2 = 288
| deliveries2 = 8,299
| wickets2 = 85
| bowl avg2 = 46.07
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/26
| catches/stumpings2 = 68/–
| column3 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches3 = 147
| runs3 = 4,169
| bat avg3 = 33.62
| 100s/50s3 = 4/26
| top score3 = 148[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 4,637
| wickets3 = 115
| bowl avg3 = 30.51
| fivefor3 = 1
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 5/43
| catches/stumpings3 = 44/–
| column4 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches4 = 15
| runs4 = 233
| bat avg4 = 21.18
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0
| top score4 = 39[[not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 168
| wickets4 = 4
| bowl avg4 = 56.75
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 1/19
| catches/stumpings4 = 7/–
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7544/7544.html CricketArchive
| date = 19 August
| year = 2020
}}
'''Sridharan Sriram''' ({{audio|Sridharan_Sriram.ogg|pronunciation}}; born 21 February 1976) is an Indian cricket coach and former [[cricket]]er. He is a left-handed [[batsman]] and a [[left-arm orthodox spin]] [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]]. He played in the [[Indian Cricket League]] and the [[Indian Premier League]].He also appointed as WTC finals for Team India 2021.

== Playing career ==
Sriram started his cricketing career as a left-arm spinner and took 29 wickets on India's Under-19 tour of South Africa in the 1992-93 season. However, playing for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]], it was his batting which brought him wider recognition. His most prolific season was in 1999-2000 when he scored 1075 runs in the [[Ranji Trophy]] including 5 centuries, and was named as an ''[[Indian Cricket (annual)|Indian Cricket]]'' Cricketer of the Year. Sriram was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the [[National Cricket Academy]] in [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite news|first = Partab| last = Ramchand| title= First list of NCA trainees|url = http://feedsuk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2000/APR/029816_CI_15APR2000.html| publisher = [[Cricinfo]]| date = 15 April 2000| accessdate = 8 February 2007}}</ref>

His consistent domestic form resulted in a call-up to the [[India national cricket team]], and he made his [[One Day International]] debut against [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] at Nagpur on 19 March 2000. However, a string of low scores meant that he lost his place in the squad after 6 matches.

Sriram continued to score heavily in domestic cricket for Tamil Nadu, and he earned a second chance with the national team for the [[Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2004-05|tour of Bangladesh in 2004-05]]. He played in the first 2 ODIs, taking 3 wickets in the first, and scoring 57 in a losing cause in the second. However, this was to be his last match for India.

He moved from Tamil Nadu to [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] in 2006. Sriram has also played as an overseas player for the [[Scottish Saltires]] in English domestic cricket in 2004, and has been regularly selected for the [[South Zone cricket team]] in the [[Duleep Trophy]]. He currently plays for [[Goa cricket team|Goa]].

In 2007, Sriram decided to sign with the [[Indian Cricket League]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/307344.html | title=Absolem and Sriram sign on with ICL | publisher=Cricinfo | date=18 August 2007 | accessdate=13 September 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921094432/http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/307344.html# | archive-date=21 September 2009 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Although he quit Indian Cricket League in 2009 and accepted amnesty offer from BCCI to be back into the reckoning for selection at international level. <ref>https://www.criclink.com/royal-challengers-bangalore/</ref>

== Coaching career ==

He had worked with the [[Australia A cricket team|Australia A]] squad that toured India in 2015. He was also named as a coaching consultant of [[Australian cricket team]] for Test series in [[Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2015–16|Bangladesh in 2015]].He also accompanied the Australian cricket team during the Ashes 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-australia-2015-16/content/story/921983.html?CMP=chrome# |title=Australia rope in Sriram as consultant |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041514/http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-australia-2015-16/content/story/921983.html?CMP=chrome# |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, he was appointed as the batting and spin bowling coach of [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Shanker Basu returns to RCB as trainer, Sridharan Sriram named batting and spin bowling coach |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/shanker-basu-trainer-sriram-batting-spin-bowling-coach-ipl-2020-staff-rejig-1600994-2019-09-19 |accessdate=13 October 2020 |work=India Today |date=19 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{cricinfo|id=34118}}
<ref>https://www.criclink.com/</ref>
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