5 greatest players from Karnataka 

#4. Erapalli Prasanna

He claimed 189 wickets in 49 Tests with a strike rate of 75.9

Erapalli Prasanna was an orthodox off-spinner who had no mysterious element in his bowling. But he tormented batsmen across the world with his flight and drift and also through his intelligent variations.

Prasanna's biggest strength was his control over his weapons and his sharp mind that anticipated batsmen's movements well in advance.

With all these weapons he took the world by frenzy and wrecked batting line-ups. His off-spin was too much to handle for batsmen and on Indian pitches, he was the chief destroyer of visiting teams.

He claimed 189 wickets in 49 Tests with a strike rate of 75.9 but his bowling was far more impressive than what his numbers suggest. He was part of the famous spin quartet- BS Chandrasekhar, Bishan Singh Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna and S Venkataraghavan.