Rajasthan Royals team and IPL Trophy
Prior to IPL 2025, former India cricketer Sairaj is all set to join as a spin bowling coach with Rajasthan Royals. Manyule worked with Rajasthan Royals by 2018-21. He has resigned from his post at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, which is now called the ‘Center of Excellence’. Very much has experience, which can be useful for the Rajasthan Royals team. He has also worked as a bowling coach during the Border-Gavaskar series in 2023.
Rahul Dravid is the coach of Rajasthan Royals
According to a cricbing report, Sairaj will work with a very New Zealand bowling coach Shane Bond and head coach Rahul Dravid. He first worked with Dravid when he was the head coach of the Indian team. He did not extend his tenure as a coach with the Indian team after the T20 World Cup 2024 and became the coach of Rajasthan Royals. Former Sri Lankan player Kumar Sangakkara is the cricket director of the Rajasthan franchise.
Encouraged to work with Rahul Dravid
Former India cricketer Sairaj Quite told ‘Cricbuge’ that the discussion is going on and I am close to finalizing my participation with the franchise. Some things still have to be worked out but I am excited to join Rajasthan Royals again. I am also thrilled to work with Rahul again. He was the one who introduced me to the Indian team during the last Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in 2023, when I worked as a spin-chandor coach. I was also a part of his coaching staff in Sri Lanka.
More than 600 wickets taken in first class cricket
Sairaj much made a 2001 Test debut for the Indian team. He then played only two Test matches for the team, scoring 39 runs and took three wickets. In ODI cricket, he made his debut for Team India in 1997. He scored 23 runs in 8 ODIs and took two wickets. Even if his international career has not been longer. But his figures in first class cricket are excellent. He scored 6176 runs in 188 first class matches, including 9 centuries. Apart from this, he also has 630 wickets in first class cricket.
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