The top office-bearers, several former Andhra players and a large number of cricket players and lovers were present as Vizag cricket lovers and admirers of former Test wicketkeeper and Andhra Ranji captain M.S.K. Prasad felicitated him on his becoming selector of BCCI’s senior national team, at Kalabharati here on Wednesday.
Andhra Cricket Association president D.V.S.S. Somayajulu, who presided over the function, and MP and general secretary of ACA Gokaraju Gangaraju hailed MSK’s progress and his administrative capabilities as ACA Director (cricket affairs) before taking over as national selector.
The three zonal academies for boys and the one for girls, which are now producing quality players, are his brainchild and their success has been noticed all over the country prompting BCCI to declare the girls’ academy at Guntur as its national academy. Mr. Gangaraju said he prevailed over BCCI to make MSK as a national selector since he would do good to the game.
Veteran sports journalist, broadcaster and former Rector of Andhra University A. Prasanna Kumar said humility was the hallmark of MSK and this has taken him to great heights.
VDCA president and MLA P. Vishnu Kumar Raju, Sports Officer of East Coast Railway Sports Association (Visakhapatnam) M. Yelvender Yadav, vice-president of ACA G.J.J. Raju and MKS’s former teammate R.V.Ch. Prasad spoke. Members of VDCA led by secretary and former Test umpire K. Parthasaradhi, several cricketers and former cricketers and trainees of the ACA North Zone Academy were among those who facilitated MSK. MSK in his reply explained his struggle to become a cricket player.
