International coaches for the national teams are becoming a typical occurrence in cricket. In reality, during a significant ICC tournament, the majority of international teams from across the world select specialized mentors/coaching personnel.
A few former Indian cricketers have achieved success as coaches or members of support staff for foreign teams.
In this article, we’ll examine at cricketers who have previously or will be playing for teams other than their own at the 2023 World Cup:
1. Sandeep Patil
The Kenyan squad led by Sandeep Patil advanced to the 2003 World Cup semifinals. Kenya was viewed as an underdog before the 2003 World Cup began, and none predicted that the African country would go past the group stage. In the group stage, Kenya triumphed against Canada, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. New Zealand was given the requisite points for that game despite refusing to visit Kenya.
Kenya advanced to the Super Sixes and defeated Zimbabwe there thanks to four victories in the group stages. As a result of victories over Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the group rounds of the 2003 World Cup and losses to Australia and India, Kenya advanced to the semifinals where they were defeated by India.
Apart from Kenya, no non-playing nation in a World Cup semifinals, and Patil had a significant impact on the African team.
2. Hanumant Singh
Singh served as the coach of the Kenya team in the 1996 World Cup. It was Kenya’s participation in the tournament. They were grouped with formidable teams, like India, Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe.
Kenya’s finest accomplishment was defeating West Indies in Pune during the group stages, albeit they lost four of their five games. After being dismissed for 166 runs, the Kenyan bowlers held the West Indies to a meager 93 runs, helping Kenya win the match by 73 runs.
Under Hanumant Singh’s capable leadership, young Kenyan players like Thomas Odoyo, Maurice Odumbe, Steve Tikolo, and Hitesh Modi greatly profited and were the backbone of the Kenyan squad for the following ten to fifteen years.
3. Ajay Jadeja
In the 1990s, Ajay Jadeja played a crucial role for the Indian ODI squad. In 179 innings across 196 ODIs, he played for India and amassed 5359 runs at an average of 37.22. He was a threatening batter near the conclusion of an inning and performed the ideal finisher’s role.
Three days remain until the 2023 World Cup, and Afghanistan has named Jadeja as its World Cup coach. In addition to Jonathon Trott, Jadeja will serve on the 2023 World Cup coaching staff.
Jadeja has in the past served as a temporary coach for the Delhi cricket team. He will, however, be guiding a foreign squad for the first time. Jadeja was a fantastic white ball cricket player, and the Afghanistan ODI side in the forthcoming tournament is sure to gain from his experience playing ODI cricket and his familiarity with local conditions.
4. Sridharan Sriram
Sriram participated in 8 ODIs for India between 2000 and 2004, however he was unable to establish a regular place on the Indian side. He has, nevertheless, had a fruitful career as a coach for a few international teams.
He has been chosen to serve as the Bangladesh team’s technical advisor at the 2023 World Cup. For the T20 World Cup 2022 as well, he was given the same position with the Bangladesh team.
Sriram formerly worked with the Australian men’s team as an assistant coach and consultant for spin bowling.
