E. A. S. Prasanna
| Erapalli Prasanna Playing for India | ||||
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Indian | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
| Matches | 49 | 235 | ||
| Runs scored | 735 | 2476 | ||
| Batting average | 11.48 | 11.90 | ||
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/2 | ||
| Top score | 37 | 81 | ||
| Balls bowled | 14353 | 54823 | ||
| Wickets | 189 | 957 | ||
| Bowling average | 30.38 | 23.45 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 10 | 56 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 2 | 9 | ||
| Best bowling | 8/76 | 8/50 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 18/- | 127/- | ||
| Source: [1], | ||||
Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna (Kannada: ಎರಾಪಳ್ಳಿ ಅನಂತರಾವ್ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನ) 
pronunciation (help·info) (born: May 22, 1940) is a famous former cricket player from Bangalore, India. He was a spin bowler, specializing in off spin and a member of the Indian spin quartet. He is an alumunus of National Institute of Engineering , Mysore.
[edit] Career
Prasanna played his debut Test cricket match at Madras against England in 1961. His first overseas tour to the West Indies was a tough one and he did not play another Test for five years. He left the sport for a period to finish his engineering degree, returning in 1967. He gained a regular place in the side following his excellent performances in England in 1967.
He retired in 1978, after a tour of Pakistan which also signalled the decline of Bishen Bedi and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar. He twice led Karnataka to the Ranji Trophy, the first time ending Bombay's 15-year reign.
Widely respected and feared in domestic cricket as well, he enjoyed bowling to batsmen that were willing to try to hit him. He had a neat, brisk, high action and marvellous control of line, length, and flight. He spun the ball in a classic high loop towards the batsman, increasing his chances of beating his adversary in the air. As a result, he made the ball bounce higher than expected. A bowler with an attacking mindset, he was also patient, and would bait a batsman for over after over, attempting to induce a mistake.
He has written an autobiography,One More Over.
[edit] Awards and achievements
- 1970 - Padma Shri Award[1]
- 2006 – Castrol Lifetime Achievement award
[edit] References
- ^ "Padma Awards Directory". Ministry of Home Affairs. http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwards1954-2007.pdf. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
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