Ramakrishnan Sridhar

Ramakrishnan Sridhar (born 16 July 1970), commonly known as R Sridhar, is a former Indian first-class cricketer and the current fielding coach of the Indian national cricket team. He played for Hyderabad cricket team from 1989/90 to 2000/01, before taking up cricket coaching in 2001.

Ramakrishnan Sridhar
Personal information
Full nameRamakrishnan Sridhar
Born (1970-07-16) 16 July 1970
Mysore, Karnataka, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989–2001Hyderabad
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 35 15
Runs scored 574 69
Batting average 16.40 17.25
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 58 30*
Balls bowled 6529 787
Wickets 91 14
Bowling average 29.09 28.92
5 wickets in innings 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/91 3/15
Catches/stumpings 25/– 2/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 December 2014

Playing career

Born in Mysore, Sridhar played as a frontline spinner for Hyderabad. From 1989/90 to 2000/01, he played 35 first-class matches and 15 List A matches for Hyderabad. Played overseas for Townville C.C in the mid Yorkshire league (England) in two separate spells. Twice mid Yorkshire league winner.

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career, Sridhar began his coaching career in 2001. He completed a three-level course for accreditation as a certified coach in 2007. From 2007 to 2011, he coached Hyderabad Under-19 team for three years and Hyderabad Under-16 team for one year. In 2011, he became a part of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He was then appointed the fielding coach of the India Under-19 cricket team in 2011.[1]

In February 2014, Sridhar served as the assistant coach of the India Under-19 team at the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in UAE. In April 2014, the IPL team Kings XI Punjab appointed Sridhar as the fielding coach of the team.[2] In July 2014, he was selected as the head coach of the Andhra cricket team for two years.[3] In August, he was named the fielding coach of the India national cricket team for the ODI series against England.[4] After the conclusion of the ODI series, BCCI decided to give him a longer run as the fielding coach of the team.[5]

References
  1. Kondety, Moses. "Hyderabad R. Sridhar right on the ball". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. "Sridhar enlisted as Kings XI fielding coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. "R Sridhar appointed Andhra Ranji coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. "Shastri named director of cricket for England ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. "India support staff set for longer run". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
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