"Sriram has joined as the technical consultant. We will get a lot of technical support from him," Yunus said. "He knows all the wickets in India. He can tell us about the weather conditions too. Very few of our players have played in India, so his input will be quite important."

He had steered Bangladesh through to the T20 World Cup in Australia, where they won two games and were in contention for a semi-final spot till their last group game.

Come the World Cup, apart from Sriram, Bangladesh's backroom staff will be led by team director Mahmud, and will include head coach Hathurusinghe, assistant coach Nic Pothas, fast-bowling coach Allan Donald, spin-bowling coach Rangana Herath, fielding coach Shane McDermott, and assistant fielding coach Faisal Hossain.