Venkatesh Prasad has been a steady medium pacer all through his career. He has found himself in and out of the side lately and here is an opportunity for him to rekindle the memories of the two Karnataka medium pacers bowling in tandem. He doesn't have the sheer pace to terrorise the batsmen, but has the ability to seam the ball both ways off the pitch. The slow leg cutter he bowls has had the best of the batsmen in considerable trouble. Prasad has had reasonable amount of success against Gary Kirsten dismissing him four times in ODIs. If he can continue in the same vein against Kirsten, it will go a long way in denying the South Africans a good start.