Prashant Vaidya had a short international career - and his first class
career too did not last very long. He made his Ranji Trophy debut in
1992-93 and by the end of the 1996-97 season, his career had virtually
ground to a halt. But very early in his career, he
was thought of as a medium pace bowler of some promise, especially
after he spent some time at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai and
was pitchforked into the national squad which toured New Zealand
in 1994-95. He got to play in only one ODI against Australia at
Dunedin in the New Zealand Centenary Tournament. Following that,
he went with the Indian team for the Asia Cup in Sharjah and
there again he got to play only one match, against Bangladesh. The
next season he played two games against South Africa and Pakistan
in the Pepsi Sharjah Cup. But after playing these four matches,
his rather undistinguished international career came to an end.
Even on the domestic circuit, Vaidya did not record any outstanding
performance and very soon disappeared totally from the scene.
(Natarajan Sriram)
