Venkatesh Prasad

Personal information
Full name
Venkatesh Prasad
Born (1969-08-05) 5 August 1969 (age 55)
Bengaluru, Mysuru State (present–day Karnataka), India
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 204)7 June 1996 v England
Last Test29 August 2001 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 89)2 April 1994 v New Zealand
Last ODI17 October 2001 v Kenya
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1991–2005Karnataka
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 33 161 123 236
Runs scored 203 221 892 304
Batting average 7.51 6.90 10.02 6.46
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 30* 19 37 20
Balls bowled 7,041 8,129 22,222 11,951
Wickets 96 196 361 295
Bowling average 35.00 32.30 27.75 29.72
5 wickets in innings 7 1 18 2
10 wickets in match 1 0 3 0
Best bowling 6/33 5/27 7/37 6/18
Catches/stumpings 6/– 37/– 75/– 56/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ICC Champions Trophy
Runner-up 2000 Kenya
ACC Asia Cup
Winner 1995 United Arab Emirates
Runner-up 1997 Sri Lanka
Source: CricketArchive, 2 September 2017

Venkatesh Prasad (pronunciation; born 5 August 1969),[1] is an Indian Cricket Kannada Commentator, coach and former professional cricketer who played Tests and One Day Internationals. He made his debut in 1994. Primarily a right-arm medium-fast bowler, Prasad was noted for his bowling combination with Javagal Srinath. He was a part of the squad which finished as runners-up at the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy.

He is the bowling coach for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, having formerly performed the same role for the Indian cricket team from 2007 to 2009.

He currently serves as General Manager for Canara Bank.[2]

  1. ^ "Cricinfo – Players and Officials – Venkatesh Prasad". Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Canara Bank - Press Release" (PDF). Retrieved 6 May 2024.