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Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad is the wicketkeeper of Andhra Pradesh Cricket team. He is also a right-handed batsman of the team. He was born on April 24 in 1975 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He has also played for Indian Cricket team.
MSK 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 six "Test matches" in 1999/00 and several more One-day matches.
MSK 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 MSK Prasad in these matches is 4021 runs, which includes six centuries and 24 half-centuries. His highest score in any of these matches is 130 runs. Whereas in bowling, he 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 25-27 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 16 in 2006, which was held at Secunderabad.
MSK Prasad debuted in the "Test matches" against New Zealand from October 10 to 14 in 1999, which was held at Mohali. He has played in altogether six "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 2 to 4 in 2000, which was held at Sydney.
The "One Day International" (ODI) match debut of MSK Prasad was against Bangladesh on May 14 in 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 one 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 17 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 Tryphy" squad and then to the India A team. He was made 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 Venugopala Rao shifted to the Maharashtra team.
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