While the cricketing world is still moved by the majestic
spell of Steve O’Keefe, they have forgotten about the man who played a key role
in transforming SOK a lethal weapon. The name is Sridharan Sriram, who played
only eight one-day internationals for India, but Cricket Australia invested
faith in him and use his experience to discover the secrets behind performing
on Indian conditions.
Sriram’s coaching was not fruitful in Sri Lanka, but CA
didn’t take any hasty decisions and maintained the partnership. The
partnership, however, is starting to bear fruit on the toughest tour of them
all. O'Keefe claimed Sriram had been his "biggest influence" and
Sri’s advise to change the angle of seam and arm while bowling changed things
dramatically for Australia.
Change of seam and arm angle – how big an impact such simple
things can have, many can’t even imagine.
Yet again, men like Sriram have busted the myth existing
among the fans and critics – to be a very good coach you need to be a star.
Coaching is totally a different job. Not all star players are very good coach
and in fact, the majority of the star players has not been a successful coach.
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
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