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In recent times, India have shown immense progress in all the formats of the game, especially the Test circuit where they are currently positioned at the numero uno spot.And whenever foreign teams travel to India, they appoint ex-Indian players as their batting or bowling consultants or coaches in order to help their players get first-hand tips about the nuances of playing in sub-continent conditions and to prepare in a better way to face the Men in Blue.Recent example of this is the appointment of former Ranji player Amol Muzumdar as interim batting coach by Cricket South Africa for the three-Test series against Virat Kohli's men starting on October 2. CSA made the announcement on Monday.Muzumdar had a first-class career that lasted 20 years in which he amassed over 11,000 runs, including 30 centuries and has coached in the IPL as well."Amol is a perfect fit for us," said CSA Acting Director of Cricket Corrie van Zyl while emphasing the fact that "he brings an intimate knowledge of Indian playing conditions and the challenges our batsmen are likely to face.""He also assisted us at the spin bowling camp we held recently in India and thus has already built up a good working relationship with Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma and Zubayr Hamza," he added.In 2017, Cricket Australia had appointment Sridharan Sriram as the spin bowling coach for the four-Test tour of India, which the hosts had won 2-1.Sriram had a rewarding first-class career in which he made 9539 runs at a whopping 52.99. However, it was his bowling abilities because of which he was recruited by the Aussies. Although, he didn't have a attention-grabbing bowling career as a left-arm spinner 9 ODI wickets, 85 first-class scalps and 115 List 'A' victims still he was appointed in order to make the Australian batters get used to playing ace Indian spinners on rank turners.In other instances, in 2015, former Indian pacer Manoj Prabhakar was appointed as the bowling coach of Afghanistan who brought in a positive change in the team's set-up. In 2016, former Indian batsman Lalchand Rajput became the coach of Afghanistan. Just like Prabhakar, Rajput played an instrumental role in Afghanistan coming up the ranks in international cricket. In 2017, Rajput replaced Inzamam-ul-haq to become the head coach of Zimbabwe.With the ICC World Test Championship in mind, teams are well aware of the fact that they need to perform better against India, that too in their own den, and that's why appointment of former Indian players as consultants for a tour can soon become the order of the day.( With inputs from IANS )

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