INDIAN COACH CANDIDATES

Venkatesh Prasad applies for India head coach's post

by Cricbuzz Staff • Published on

Prasad has worked with the Indian team as their bowling coach from 2007 to 2009 and has also served IPL franchises like Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings. © Cricbuzz

Venkatesh Prasad, the former Indian pacer, has applied for the role of India's head coach on Wednesday (June 8). "I have applied this morning," he told the Press Trust of India.

Prasad, who is now the chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) junior selecting committee, has previously been India's bowling coach and was with the team during their 2007 ICC World Twenty20 title victory in South Africa. He worked with the team from 2007 to 2009 and has also served franchises like Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings.

Soon after Gary Kirsten took over as the coach of the Indian cricket team, Prasad was replaced by Eric Simmons. He then took over the coaching role for the Uttar Pradesh Ranji team before taking the post as the chairman of the BCCI junior selecting committee.

The decision comes after Bangladesh Cricket Board offered him the role of the bowling coach.

He played 33 Tests and 161 One-Day Internationals for India and bagged a total of 292 wickets. Apart from Prasad, Ravi Shastri, former Indian all-rounder, and Sandeep Patil, chairman of the national selection committee, too have applied for the role.

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