Prashanth Menon

Prashanth Chettuvatty Menon (born 18 January 1977 in Chavakkad, Kerala) is an Indian first class cricketer. He is a right handed lower order batsman and right arm fast medium bowler. He represents Kerala in Ranji Trophy. Together with Renjith Menon and Tinu Yohannan, Prashanth Menon formed a formidable pace trio, which revived the fortunes of the Kerala cricket team during the early 21st century.

Prashanth C Menon

Personal information
Full name	Prashanth C Menon
Born	(1977-01-18) 18 January 1977 Chavakkad, Kerala, India
Nickname	Prashanth
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998-2002	Kerala
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Matches 7 9 Runs scored 226 124 Batting average 17.38 17.71 100s/50s 0/2 0/1 Top score 63 64 Balls bowled 593 132 Wickets 9 3 Bowling average 38.11 43.66 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 4/44 2/29 Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/–
Source: [1]

Early years

Prashanth was born in Chavakkad and brought up in Thrissur. He had completed his studies from St. Thomas College Thrissur where he was the Captain of the college cricket team.

Playing career

With his consistent performance the state selectors picked him for the Kerala state team for the year 1998–99. Along with Former Indian pacer Tinu Yohannan and Renjith Menon he made lethal pace combination. Injuries and lack of form cut short what could have been a very promising career. He last represented Kerala Ranji team was back in 2004. Now Prashanth is working with State Bank of India.

External links

• Prashant Menon in Cricinfo
• Prashant Menon in Cricket Online
• Prasanth Menon KCA Archive Archived 13 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine