Venkatesh Prasad

Venkatesh Prasad

India

Full name Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad
Born August 5, 1969, Bangalore, Karnataka
Current age 37 years 207 days
Major teams India, Karnataka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Statsguru

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	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	33	7041	3360	96	6/33	10/153	35.00	2.86	73.34	1	7	1
ODIs	161	8129	6332	196	5/27	5/27	32.30	4.67	41.47	3	1	0
First-class	123	22222	10020	361	7/37		27.75	2.70	61.55		18	3
List A	236	11951	8768	295	6/18	6/18	29.72	4.40	40.51	7	2	0

Career statistics
Test debut	England v India at Birmingham - Jun 6-9, 1996
Last Test	Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC) - Aug 29-Sep 2, 2001
ODI debut	New Zealand v India at Christchurch - Apr 2, 1994
Last ODI	India v Kenya at Port Elizabeth - Oct 17, 2001
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.