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Venkatesh Prasad
India
Player profile
Full name Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad
Born August 5, 1969, Bangalore, Karnataka
Current age 39 years 105 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 |
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0 |
0 |
|
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75 |
0 |
| List A |
236 |
90 |
43 |
304 |
20 |
6.46 |
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0 |
0 |
|
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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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| First-class span |
1990/91 - 2003/04 |
| List A span |
1991/92 - 2002/03 |
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
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Andrew Flintoff makes his views clear to Venkatesh Prasad
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Mar 18, 2008 |
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Charu Sharma, Martin Crowe, and Venkatesh Prasad at a function organised by the Bangalore Royal Challengers
© Bangalore Royal Challengers |
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Feb 12, 2008 |
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Venkatesh Prasad and Harbhajan Singh share a joke
© AFP |
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