5 Indian cricketers who could be India's next bowling coach

#2 Venkatesh Prasad

Prasad has previously been part of the Indian coaching set-up

At the helm of BCCI’s Junior selection committee currently, Prasad’s perfect mix of match experience and coaching skills makes him a strong choice for the position. In the period of 2007-2009, Prasad served as India’s bowling coach and his ideologies were instrumental in India's inaugural T20 World cup victory,

Highly effective with the new ball and gifted with the ability to move the ball both ways, one of Prasad’s biggest strength was a slower ball which was capable of unparalleled deception when bowled to perfection. The bowler from Bangalore started his career with a wicketless ODI debut against New Zealand in 1994 but made a strong statement in his test debut, picking up a 6-wicket haul against England, albeit in vain.

Famously known for his moment against Aamir Sohail in the 1996 World Cup when he uprooted the opener's off-stump after being sledged, Prasad picked 96 Test wickets and 196 ODI wickets, apart from his 361 wickets in a long first-class career that spanned 13 years for Karnataka.

After the pacer called time on his career in 2005, he took up the role of India's bowling coach in 2007 prior to mentoring the Chennai Super Kings outfit in the Indian Premier League.

With Kumble the head coach of the team, the long term chemistry and understanding between the Karnataka duo could well be banked upon to take India to greater heights.