Bollywood actress Preity Zinta co-owned Kings XI Punjab has appointed forme༺r India p🌱acer Venkatesh Prasad has their new bowling for the upcoming season.
Prasad, who hails from Karnataka, made▨ his Indiaꦦ debut in 1994 and was an integral part of the Indian team till 2001. Forming a potent bowling partnership with fellow Karnataka pacer Javagal Srinath, Prasad picked 96 wickets in 33 Tests and 196 wickets in 161 ODIs.
K🔜XIP mentor Virender Sehwag, who earlier announced Ravichandran Ashwin as their captain, has now announced Venkatesh Prasad as their bowling coach for the IPL 20💦18 season.
Known for his wily change of pace and amazing cutter deliveries, Prasad remained a brilliant ODI bowler throughout his career. He later transitioned to coaching, becoming the bowling coach of the Indian team from 2007-2009 and Roﷺyal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL.
He then performed the role of Chairman of the junior national selection committee f🐽or 30 months before resigning from the post recently.
“Venkatesh Prasad, former right-arm medium-fast bowler and ex-chairman of the junior national selection committee (BCCI) comes on board as the teams bowling coach,” Kings XI Punjab said in a statement to PTI.
