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Prasad Dias (born 15 August 1977) was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Colts Cricket Club. He was born in Colombo.
Dias made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1995–96 season, against Sebastianites. From the tailend, he scored a duck in the only innings in which he batted.
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Events in the year 1983 in the Republic of India.
Dia Mirza Rekhi is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. She won the title of Miss Asia Pacific International in 2000 after being crowned Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 2000. She made her acting debut with the film Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001).
Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali is a Pakistani cricket commentator and former cricketer. In a playing career that spanned ten years, Sohail played in 195 first-class and 261 List A Limited Overs matches, including 47 Test matches and 156 One Day Internationals for Pakistan.
Roy Luke Dias is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played Test matches and One Day Internationals for the national side.
Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad is a retired Indian cricketer. He was most recently the chief selector of the Indian National Cricket Team and lead the selection of the Indian team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He played six Test matches and 17 One Day Internationals in his professional career.
Venkatesh Prasad, is a former Indian cricketer, Cricket Coach, Commentator who played Tests and ODIs. He made his debut in 1994. Primarily a right-arm medium-fast bowler, Prasad was noted for his bowling combination with Javagal Srinath.
Aashish Rakesh Kapoor is a former Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches and 17 One Day Internationals from 1994 to 2000. A right-arm off spinner and right-handed lower-order batsman, he was a member of the 1996 Cricket World Cup squad.
Kariyawasam Tirana Gamage Dhammika Prasad, or simply Dhammika Prasad, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, and current bowling coach of the Nepal national cricket team. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He has represented Sri Lanka in Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 cricket and played domestic cricket for the Sinhalese Sports Club and Basnahira North.
The Andhra cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team representing the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The team's main home ground is ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium at Visakhapatnam, while some home matches are also played at Anantapur and Kadapa. C. K. Nayudu was the first captain of the team.
Iqbal is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age sports drama film written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor. Produced by Subhash Ghai, under "Mukta Searchlight Films", the story follows a cricket-obsessed deaf and mute boy from a remote Indian village as he aims to overcomes difficulties to become a cricketer and fulfill his dream of playing for the Indian national cricket team. The film received the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues.
The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 32 times to 2017. Although the name is correctly spelt with the old spelling "Singhalese", the name is sometimes misspelt with the modern spelling "Sinhalese". Three former Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka have been presidents of the club.
Madapusi Raghavan Srinivasaprasad, usually known as M. R. Srinivas Prasad is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler who played cricket for Karnataka Ranji in the Wills Trophy, and the Deodhar Trophy (1984/85). He represented Young India in Zimbabwe (1983/84). His first-class span was from 1979/80 to 1987/88 in which he scored 3031 runs over 53 matches.
Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) is the governing body of cricket in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The association is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and governs the Andhra cricket team. The association was founded in 1953 and has been affiliated to the BCCI ever since. The ACA operates the ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, which hosts International-level Test, ODI and T20 cricket matches. The headquarters of the association is at Visakhapatnam. C. K. Nayudu, the first captain of Indian cricket team, was instrumental in the formation of Andhra Cricket Association and was its founder president. Nayudu was also the first captain of Andhra cricket team.
Prasad Jayawardene was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler who played for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club. He was born in Katugastota.
Sarika Siva Prasad is an Indian international cricket umpire based in Singapore. He also officiated five matches during the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, including the 3rd Place Playoff match. Prasad was born in Visakhapatnam, India.
The Richmond–Mahinda Cricket Encounter, popularly referred to as the Lovers' Quarrel, is an annual cricket big match played between the first XI cricket teams of Richmond College and Mahinda College in Galle, Sri Lanka. It is one of the longest cricket match series in Sri Lanka, having been played for over 114 years. It is played at the Galle International Stadium. Lovers' Quarrel began in 1905, under the two principals Rev. James Horne Darrel of Richmond College and Sir. Frank Lee Woodward of Mahinda College.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Stadium is situated in Margao, Goa, India. It is the home ground of the Goa cricket team. It has a capacity of 5,000 people and was opened in 1954.
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician, former professional cricketer, and the 5th and current Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, in office since 2022 and again from 2015 to 2017. He also serves as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Road Construction and Public Works Department, Minister of Urban Development and Housing as well as the Minister of Rural Works and Development in the Bihar Government since 2022 and the member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Raghopur Assembly constituency since 2015. Yadav leads the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the single largest political party in the state, and is the chairperson of the Mahagathbandhan alliance, the ruling coalition currently in Government. As a professional cricketer, he was in the Delhi Daredevils and the Jharkhand cricket team. He is noted to have been both the youngest Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and the youngest leader of opposition in India during the respective periods. Yadav was featured in the Indian Express ‘100 Most Powerful Indians’ in 2020 and 2021.
Sushil Kumar Prasad is an Indian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Delhi and Orissa between 1982 and 1996.