Venkatesh Prasad , the former India seamer, has been elected president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), with Sujith Somasunder , who played two ODIs in 1996 and was until recently head of education at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence, elected the vice-president.

Prasad, who received unanimous backing from former colleagues Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath among others, defeated his rival KN Shanth Kumar by a 749-558 margin. Flanked by his team members, Prasad reiterated his commitment to work with the state government to restore "Chinnaswamy's lost glory".

"First and foremost, this is a victory for the sport of cricket," Prasad said. "Secondly, this is a victory for all the members who wanted a change, all the people who wanted international cricket to come back to t

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