Venkatesh Prasad  

The India-Pakistan quarterfinal of the 1996 cricket World Cup in Bengaluru saw a high-octane clash between Indian bowler Venkatesh Prasad and Pakistani batsman Aamer Sohail. 

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'It is an outstanding bowling unit (Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav) that we have got in our team. However, there is not much I can talk about the Australian batting line-up. They don't have the Waughs, Taylors, Clarkes, Pontings, Haydens, Langers. This is a very ordinary Australian side which India is playing against,' Venkatesh Prasad told MyNation

Prasad backed skipper Kohli, who had a poor tour of England in 2014, to score heavily and lead by example. In a candid chat, the former India pacer weighed in on various aspects of India's challenge to England in the upcoming Test series