This fast-medium swing bowler from Karnataka established himself in the Indian side on the 1996 tour of England, where conditions suited his combination of swing and seam admirably. Given his height and build, his lack of genuine pace is somewhat surprising, but he has good control of movement in the air and off the seam. He has developed a superb leg cutter, and a well disguised slower ball. With injuries to his opening partner Srinath, Prasad bore the brunt of the Indian pace attack over the course of a very busy 1996-97 season. The leading wicket taker in Tests in 1996, he bowled superbly against South Africa, but was clearly jaded in mid 1997. He was rested, apparently against his will, with an ill defined injury for the tour of Sri Lanka, and a couple of one day tournaments before finally returning to the team in late 1997. He is back in form in 1998 and is bowling with accuracy once again. He was the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year 1996.
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