M. S. K. Prasad

Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad pronunciation (help·info) (born 24 April 1975) is a retired Indian cricketer. He was most recently the chief selector of the Indian National Cricket Team and lead the selection of the Indian team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.^[1] He played six Test matches and 17 One Day Internationals in his professional career.

Early life and career[]

Prasad was born on 24 April 1975 at Medikonduru in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh to a middle class family.^[2] He started his cricket career with the Andhra Pradesh Ranji team. He made his international debut with the India-A Team during the bilateral cricket series with Pakistan-A in 1997-98. He got a lucky break in the 1999 Cricket World Cup when the regular wicketkeeper Nayan Mongia got injured. In 1999-2000 he played six test matches - three each against Australia and New Zealand. However, after this his form dipped and he averaged only 8 runs with the bat.His continued batting failures led to the end of his career. In the 6 Test matches he played, scored just 106 runs at a very dismal average of 11.78. In the 17 ODIs, he scored a handful 131 runs at an average below 15 with only one half-century in the process.That ended his brief international career^[3]

National selector[]

On 21 September 2016 MSK Prasad was appointed as Chief National Selector of the Indian men's cricket team by BCCI.^[4] His tenure as Chief Selector ended on 4 March 2020.

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