Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad, backed by his ex-India teammates Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, on Tuesday (November 11), announced that he would contest for the president’s post in this month’s Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) election.

Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru to unveil his team of contestants, Prasad hit out at former India batter and ex-KSCA secretary Brijesh Patel for “controlling” the association for 25 years. Prasad promised to bring a change to the association with his squad of “Team Game Changers”.

Somasundar for V-P

Sujith Somasundar, who played for India in ODIs, will contest for the vice-president’s position. He has quit from the post of the education head at the BCCI Centre of Excellence to contest.

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