Double delight for Venkatesh Prasad
It was a day of double delight for Karnataka medium pacer Venkatesh Prasad
03-Aug-2001
It was a day of double delight for Karnataka medium pacer Venkatesh
Prasad. He was recalled for the three-Test series in Sri Lanka
starting later this month, and won the Arjuna award.
Is the number 16 lucky for him? First came the news that he has been
included in the 16-member team, and hours later it was known that he
was among the 16 Arjuna awardees announced for 2000-01.
"I am very happy to be back....I am eager to bowl," Prasad told
reporters in Bangalore on getting the news. "I have been working on my
fitness."
News of his inclusion in the team came in the midst of a match in the
KSCA Diamond Jubilee All India tournament for the Coromandel Cement
Cup. Prasad is a member of the KSCA XI, which is playing against
Andhra in a three-day match of the tournament.
"The wickets in Sri Lanka are not very helpful for fast bowlers. But I
will bowl a steady line and length and wait for the batsmen to make
mistakes," he said.