
Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad is the wicketkeeper of
Andhra Pradesh Cricket team. Prasad is also a right-handed batsman of the team. He was born on April 24th in 1975 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He has also played for
Indian Cricket team. Prasad got attention when he played well for Andhra Pradesh Cricket team. After the 1997-98 tours to Pakistan, Krishnamachari Srikkanth spoke very high of his cricket talents. As Nayan Mongia was injured in the 1999 World Cup, Prasad got the chance at the international level. He played in 6 Test matches in 1999-2000 and 17 One-day matches.
Prasad debuted in the First-class matches in 1994-95. He has played in overall 96 First-class matches with an average of 27.73. The total score of Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad in these matches is 4021 runs, which includes 6 centuries and 24 half-centuries. His highest score in any of these matches is 130 runs. Whereas in bowling, Prasad has picked up no wickets but has given. 14 runs from 12 balls he played in the First-class matches. His bowling economy in these matches is 7.00. The latest First-class match of MSK Prasad was against Bengal from December 25th-27th in 2007, which was held at
Kolkata. The List A match debut of MSK Prasad was in 1994-95. He has played in altogether in 88 List A matches with an average of 26.04. His total score in these matches is 1719 runs, which includes 15 half-centuries. The highest score of MSK Prasad in the List A matches is 82 runs. Being a wicketkeeper in these matches, he could not prove his bowling skill here. His latest List A match was against
Kerala on February 16th in 2006, which was held at
Secunderabad.
MSK Prasad debuted in the Test matches against New Zealand from October 10th to 14th in 1999, which was held at Mohali. Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad has played in altogether 6 Test matches with an average of 11.77. The total score of MSK Prasad in these matches is 106 runs and his striking rate is 28.64. His maximum score in any of the Test Matches is 19 runs. His latest Test match was against Australia from January 2nd to 4th in 2000, which was held at Sydney.
The One Day International (ODI) match debut of MSK Prasad was against Bangladesh on May 14th in the year 1998, which was held at Mohali. He has played in overall 17 ODI matches with an average of 14.55. The total score of MSK Prasad in the ODI matches is 131 runs, which includes 1 half-century and 11 four. His highest score in any of these matches is 63 runs and his striking rate is 58.22. His latest ODI match was against New Zealand on November 17th in 1999, which was held at
Delhi.
MSK Prasad was interested in wicket keeping since his young ages so he did well in that area. He started his Cricket career from the state junior level cricket and then got promoted to the
Ranji Trophy squad and then to the India A team. Prasad became the Captain of a 15 member Andhra Pradesh Ranji squad in the Ranji Trophy Super League recently. He got the position as the former captain Y Venugopala Rao shifted to the
Maharashtra team.
(Last Updated on : 25/08/2011)