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| Full name | Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1940-05-22)22 May 1940 (age 84) Bangalore,Kingdom of Mysore,British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 105) | 10 January 1962 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 27 October 1978 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasannapronunciationⓘ (born 22 May 1940) is a former Indiancricket player. He was aspin bowler, specialising inoff spin and a member of theIndian spin quartet. He is an alumnus of theNational Institute of Engineering,Mysore. He received theC. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004, the highest honour bestowed byBCCI on a former player.[1]
Prasanna played his debutTest cricket match atMadras againstEngland in 1961. His first overseas tour to theWest 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 inEngland in 1967.
He retired in 1978, after a tour ofPakistan which also signaled the decline ofBishen Singh Bedi andBhagwat Chandrasekhar. He twice ledKarnataka to theRanji Trophy, the first time endingBombay's 15-year reign. Prasanna was highly successful not only on Indian turning wickets, but on foreign pitches too. He achieved the record of fastest 100 wickets in Tests for an Indian Bowler (in 20 Tests) at his time. His record was broken byRavichandran Ashwin .
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.
