New Delhi. Former Indian fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad is celebrating his 53rd birthday today. Prasad was born on this day on 5 August 1969 in Bangalore. He first started his career with ODI cricket for the country. Venkatesh played his first ODI match against New Zealand in Christchurch on 2 April 1994. He bowled nine overs in this match. However, he did not get any success at this time. Venkatesh Prasad is in discussion about the statement given on Nupur Sharma. Many types of reactions are now coming on social media about Venkatesh, in which some users from Pakistan are also there. One such user Murad took a dig at Venkatesh and reminded him of the ‘fight’ he had with Aamir Sohail during the 1996 World Cup.
Venkatesh’s performance
Since this match, he played a total of 161 ODIs for the country. During this time he achieved 196 successes in 160 innings at an average of 32.3. His name is the feat of taking 4 and once 5 wickets in the ODI format. Apart from the ODI format, he made his Test debut for the country after two years in 1996 against England in Birmingham. He managed to take 4 wickets in the first innings of the debut match. Apart from this, he also took two important wickets in the second innings. Venkatesh Prasad has played a total of 33 matches in his Test career. At this time he got 96 successes in 58 innings at an average of 35.0. Prasad has the feat of taking four and seven five-wicket hauls in Test cricket once. His best bowling performance in Test cricket is 6 wickets for 33 runs.
36 figure from Pakistan
Till date, whenever the cricketer faced the Pakistan team in the field, his performance was always brilliant. Apart from this, his relationship with Pakistani players has also been quite acrimonious. The thrill of the match was at its peak in the year 1996, when India and Pakistan team were face to face in the World Cup. Meanwhile, Venkatesh Prasad brought the 15th over of the match for Team India. On the 5th ball of his over, the captain of the opposition team, Amir Sohail, hit a great boundary and after that started teasing him by showing his bat. Everyone was stunned to see this act of Pakistan team captain Sohail in the field. However, Prasad remained silent this time and gave a befitting reply by dismissing the opposition batsman on the very next ball. This revenge of Prasad is always remembered in the history of cricket. Seeing this sentence of Venkatesh Prasad, the only thing that I remember is that you should answer your enemy with your success.
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