Cricket Australia (CA) has appointed former India player Sridharan Sriram and ex-Australia batsman Mike Hussey as consultants to help the national team prepare for next year’s World T20 in its quest to claim the only ICC global trophy that has eluded it. Sriram will be with the Australia team in the lead-up and early stages of the WT20, scheduled to be hosted by India in March 2016. The former India ODI batsman will join captain Aaron Finch’s men during the three-match T20 tour of South Africa before Hussey returns to the Australian set-up for the first two weeks of the competition.
The Indian Premier League’s Delhi Daredevils assistant coach Sriram has played eight ODIs for India between 2000 and 2004. Hussey, the current captain of KFC Big Bash League club Sydney Thunder, has a vast T20 experience that includes stints with Perth Scorchers, Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians besides 38 matches for Australia. Australia will play their opening match of the World T20 against New Zealand in Dharamsala on March 18.
Sridharan Sriram
- Sriram is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He played in the Indian Premier League.
- Sridharan Sriram was born in Chennai, India to an Iyengar family.
- 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 Cricketer of the Year.
