Coaching makes me forget my age: Prasad
The Straits Times|September 09, 2024
Cricket coach Sarika Siva Prasad is trim, fit and sports a head of black hair the moustached senior easily looks decades younger than 65.
Maximilian Oh
Coaching makes me forget my age: Prasad

He has been coaching AngloChinese School (Independent) cricketers since 1998, a job he credits for keeping him youthful and on his toes.

"Although I'm 65 now, I don't feel that age because my whole life I spent with youngsters. It keeps me really happy, it makes me forget my age and enjoy what I'm doing," he said.

He has been a mainstay of ACS (I) cricket, having joined the school over two decades ago. They have since won at least 37 titles across all three divisional championships. In the 2024 season, the A, B and C Division teams clinched gold at the National School Games - their fourth clean sweep.

Now a Singapore citizen, Prasad arrived from India in 1997 to work for the Singapore Cricket Association. He was posted to ACS (I) when the school requested a strong coach to work with their struggling team.

Recalling the moment he was informed of his posting, he said: "Definitely there was excitement.

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