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E. A. S. Prasanna

E.A.S. Prasanna
Cricket information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side
Test debut 10 January 1962 v England
Last Test 27 October 1978 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Tests FC List A
Matches 49 235 9
Runs scored 735 2476 33
Batting average 11.48 11.90 16.5
100s/50s -/- -/2 -/-
Top score 37 81 22
Balls bowled 14353 54823 586
Wickets 189 957 17
Bowling average 30.38 23.45 18.7
5 wickets in innings 10 56 0
10 wickets in match 2 9 0
Best bowling 8/76 8/50 3/29
Catches/stumpings 18/- 127/- 3/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 November 2014

Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas "E.A.S." Prasanna (Kannada: ಎರಾಪಳ್ಳಿ ಅನಂತರಾವ್‌ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್‌ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನ) About this sound pronunciation  (born 22 May 1940) is a former cricket player from Bangalore. He was a spin bowler, specializing in off spin and a member of the Indian spin quartet. He is an alumunus of National Institute of Engineering, Mysore.

Prasanna played his debut Test cricket match at Madras against England in 1961. His first overseas tour to the West 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 in England in 1967.

He retired in 1978, after a tour of Pakistan which also signalled the decline of Bishen Singh Bedi and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar. He twice led Karnataka to the Ranji Trophy, the first time ending Bombay'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 by Ravichandran Ashwin .


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