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Full name Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad
Born August 5, 1969, Bangalore, Karnataka
Current age 39 years 68 days
Major teams India,Karnataka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
33
47
20
203
30*
7.51
703
28.87
0
0
11
0
6
0
ODIs
161
63
31
221
19
6.90
367
60.21
0
0
7
5
37
0
First-class
123
142
53
892
37
10.02
0
0
75
0
List A
236
90
43
304
20
6.46
0
0
56
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
33
58
7041
3360
96
6/33
10/153
35.00
2.86
73.3
1
7
1
ODIs
161
160
8129
6332
196
5/27
5/27
32.30
4.67
41.4
3
1
0
First-class
123
22222
10020
361
7/37
27.75
2.70
61.5
18
3
List A
236
11951
8768
295
6/18
6/18
29.72
4.40
40.5
7
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v India at Birmingham, Jun 6-9, 1996 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Aug 29-Sep 2, 2001 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v India at Christchurch, Apr 2, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Kenya at Port Elizabeth, Oct 17, 2001 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1990/91 - 2003/04
List A span
1991/92 - 2002/03
Profile
As the new ball partner of statemate Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad was an important member of the Indian team from his debut in 1996 until he was passed over in 2001. Tall and proportionally built, Prasad's great strength is that he could move the ball both ways. A deceptive slower ball also proved an useful weapon. Not surprisingly, Venky achieved better figures in more helpful conditions abroad than at home, where the slow, bald tracks did not encouraged his mode of attack. Yet, paradoxically enough, his most devastating spell came at Chennai where, in the first Test in January 1999, he brought Pakistan's second innings to a swift end with figures of 6 for 33, which included a spell of 5 for 0. A calm, unruffled team man, Prasad's effective seam bowling was also invaluable to the country in the shorter version of the game. Following retirement, he took to coaching, training the Under-19 side and later taking over as coach of his state side Karnataka. He was appointed India's bowling coach for the tour of Bangladesh in May 2007. Partab Ramchand
