{"id":9993,"date":"2025-12-17T15:15:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=672468"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:45:53","slug":"sri-lanka-appoint-r-sridhar-as-national-teams-fielding-coach-until-t20-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/sri-lanka-appoint-r-sridhar-as-national-teams-fielding-coach-until-t20-world-cup-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka appoint R Sridhar as national team\u2019s fielding coach until T20 World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have appointed <strong>R Sridhar as the national men\u2019s team fielding coach<\/strong>, with his tenure set to run <strong>until the conclusion of the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup in March next year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>BCCI Level 3 qualified coach<\/strong>, Sridhar brings with him vast international experience, having served as <strong>India\u2019s fielding coach from 2014 to 2021<\/strong>, a period during which India established itself as one of the best fielding units in world cricket. More recently, he worked as a <strong>consultant coach with the Afghanistan national team<\/strong>, further strengthening his exposure across different cricketing cultures.<\/p>\n<p>Sridhar\u2019s immediate focus will be on <strong>raising Sri Lanka\u2019s fielding standards<\/strong> ahead of crucial assignments, including <strong>upcoming tours of Pakistan and England<\/strong>, before guiding the side\u2019s preparations for the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after his appointment, Sridhar highlighted his philosophy of working with players rather than imposing rigid systems.<br \/>\n\u201cSri Lankan players have always stood for instinctive brilliance, resilience, and collective spirit,\u201d Sridhar said in an official SLC release. \u201cMy role is not to impose a system, but to nurture an environment where athleticism, awareness, and pride in the field can grow naturally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 54-year-old is no stranger to Sri Lanka\u2019s setup. Earlier this year, he conducted a <strong>10-day specialised fielding programme at the National High Performance Centre<\/strong>, giving him firsthand exposure to the country\u2019s emerging talent and existing structures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFielding thrives when players feel connected to the ball, to each other, and to the moment,\u201d Sridhar added. He believes Sri Lanka\u2019s traditional strengths \u2014 <strong>quick hands, sharp reflexes, and fearless intent<\/strong> \u2014 can be further sharpened through <strong>realistic, game-based training environments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka Cricket will be hoping Sridhar\u2019s appointment brings immediate impact, particularly in limited-overs cricket, where fielding standards often play a decisive role at global tournaments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have appointed R Sridhar as the national men\u2019s team fielding coach, with his tenure set to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}