IND vs SA: Venkatesh Prasad wants India’s batsmen to measure 300 plus

Key to conflict a right records on stirring South Africa debate is batsmen giving bowlers adequate runs to play at, reckons ex-India bowling manager and stream arch youth selector, Venkatesh Prasad

Former India seamer and bowling manager Venkatesh Prasad wants Team India’s batsmen to give their bowlers adequate runs to play during during a stirring Test debate to South Africa. “I have always felt that a batsmen need to put adult large scores for a bowlers to play freely. You need to post over-300 scores and that’s what we should be looking at. The bowlers will afterwards have a leisure to demonstrate themselves,” Prasad, a inhabitant youth preference cabinet chief, told mid-day yesterday. Virat Kohli’s Indians play a opening Test in Cape Town from Jan 5. The Bangalore-based former pitch bowler was partial of Sachin Tendulkar’s group to South Africa in 1996-97 when SA won a array 2-0. Prasad claimed 10 wickets in a opening Test during Durban (5-60 and 5-93) though India mislaid by outrageous domain of 328 runs.

India's captain Virat Kohli celebrates his double century opposite Sri Lanka in Nagpur recently. Pic/PTI
India’s captain Virat Kohli celebrates his double century opposite Sri Lanka in Nagpur recently. Pic/PTI

Prasad was assured of a good display from a stream batsmen. “The round comes on to a bat [well] for them to play their shots and many of a batsmen like to play shots. Also, a rebound is even. It’s critical for them to put good scores on house — not only decent — though good scores to concede a bowlers to play freely,” pronounced Prasad, 48. Asked what tips he would give a bowlers to play on buoyant wickets a gifted bowler, Prasad, who played 33 Tests and 161 ODIs, said: “There might not be buoyant tracks. You might astounded to confront good batting marks as well.”

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Venkatesh Prasad
Venkatesh Prasad

India’s bowling conflict has a good demeanour to it with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and spinners R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. “They are all gifted and have a variations. we am certain they will do well. The spinners have to consider a conditions and if it is not assisting a spinners, a best they can do is to make certain they emanate vigour like what Anil Kumble and others did when we played abroad,” pronounced Prasad.

Prasad, who claimed 96 wickets in Tests and 196 in ODIs, is really tender with a approach Virat Kohli leads from a front. “The Indian group are prepared to face any plea or any antithesis on any conditions. They have a smashing captain who leads from a front, who scores runs in any given conditions and opposite any antithesis on any venue. So we don’t consider a rest of a players could ask for anything improved than Kohli heading a team. “Secondly, this group has got abyss in batting, bowling and they are an superb fielding side. Their aptness levels have risen and they are all inspired to do good abroad. we am utterly assured of their success on a South Africa tour,” Prasad added.

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