India’s former fielding coach R Sridhar will be conducting a 10-day specialised programme for both men’s and women’s cricketers in Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced that Sridhar would be working with the men’s and women’s national squads, emerging squads, premier club players, and the national U19 team, and women’s ‘A’ team as well.”

However, the national women’s team may only be available for part of that programme, however, as they are currently playing a tri-series against India and South Africa, which will be concluding on May 11.

“Sridhar, a BCCI Level 3 qualified coach, brings a wealth of experience, having served as India’s fielding coach across more than 300 international matches from 2014 to 2021,” said the SLC.

The statement has also added that Shridar will “begin the program with the Sri Lanka national men’s team and subsequently train other squads, where he will conduct fielding drills, skill specific training and simulated match scenarios, to replicate game conditions.

He will work closely with the national, high performance and club coaches during his 10-day stint at Sri Lanka Cricket.

Sridhar is the former left-arm spinner who played for Hyderabad in the Indian domestic circuit in the 1990s. He began his coaching career in 2001 and went on to work at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, with the India U19s as the 2014 World Cup.

He also worked with spin bowling coach of Kings Xl Punjab at the IPL, leading up to his long stint with India’s senior side.

Sridhar, a BCCI level 3 qualified coach, served as India’s fielding coach across more than 300 international matches from 2014 to 2021, which includes two ODIs and T20Is World Cup editions each.

He was named as Afghanistan cricket team’s assistant coach for the side’s one-off test match against New Zealand in Noida and the three-match ODI series against South Africa in September.