Prakash Padukone

[davey]

Hi,
I'm a fan of Prakash Padukone, and am looking for records of his international career. Can anyone help? Also, is there any of you who have played with/ against him, or know any interesting anecdotes?
Dave

[Qidong]

Do you mean the great Prakash playing in the early 1980's? I remember watching him play Han Jian long time ago, and he made Han running all over the court and everything looked so easy for him.

[davey]

Yes, that Prakash who beat Han Jian 15-0 first game in the World Cup final. Were you watching that match at the venue? Do you have any recollections of that match?
Thanks,
Dave

Do you mean the great Prakash playing in the early 1980's? I remember watching him play Han Jian long time ago, and he made Han running all over the court and everything looked so easy for him.

[ants]

Even Pros can lose 15-0. Anyone have that Video?

[Lobber]

never heard of pro being trash 15-0...(look like his even better than Han Jian)

I dun have the video,but i got the video of Susilo being trash by Boonsak(second game,15-1)
not bad though,1 point diff only

[badmad]

Hi,
I'm a fan of Prakash Padukone, and am looking for records of his international career. Can anyone help? Also, is there any of you who have played with/ against him, or know any interesting anecdotes?
Dave

Though I've not been lucky to see lot of his matches, but have read and heard a lot... I've seen him giving training to his youngest daughter a couple of times. If u visit KBA sometime around 3-5pm, i think he's there... He runs a sports center named Prakash Padukone's badminton academy in bangalore. It seems all the top indian shuttlers including Gopichand, Aparna are trained at this place...

yet to get some his videos...

[Qidong]

Yes, that Prakash who beat Han Jian 15-0 first game in the World Cup final. Were you watching that match at the venue? Do you have any recollections of that match?
Thanks,
Dave

Too bad I was very young at that time watching the match on TV. I remebered he was ranked world #2 at that time, and Morten Frost was #1. I think Han (Han Cheong, not Han Jian ) has a set of DVDs featuring Prakash, Morten and 2 other top players.

[davey]

Thanks for the info on Prakash. You can mail me whenever you come across something.

[JasonMichael]

Thanks for the info on Prakash. You can mail me whenever you come across something.

I played with Han Jian before... maybe if I bump into him again,
I will try to ask if he has the dvd's on prakash....

just trying to help....

[crazy_smasher]

I played with Han Jian before... maybe if I bump into him again,
I will try to ask if he has the dvd's on prakash....

just trying to help....

Wow u played with HAN JIAN!!!

Did u beat him?

[*GaDe~CaMiLlA*]

may i know who is he??? any pics of him?

[davey]

Hey, thanks. Nice of you. Are you in touch with any of the other top players of the 80's? And do you have Han Jian's e-mail id?
You still play?
Dave

I played with Han Jian before... maybe if I bump into him again,
I will try to ask if he has the dvd's on prakash....

just trying to help....

[abedeng]

I remember two matches featuring Prakash, one against Liem Swie King and the other against Han Jian. He thrashed Swie King 15-2, 15-10 in 1980 All-England Final.

One year later, he beat Han Jian in World Cup in KL 15-0, 17-14. And this comes from a stroke player who hardly ever smashes!! Impressive.

[Oldhand]

Here's Prakash Padukone in conversation with Shekhar Gupta:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbHyPCd8vPg

Padukone must be 53 now.
It's amazing how fit he looks even today

In the interview, he recalls playing against Rudy Hartono in 1971 at the Bombay Gymkhana in Mumbai.

Padukone was just 15 and full of dreams... while Hartono, at 22, had already won the All England Open four times.

Of course, Hartono won it 15-5, 15-3

Says Padukone:
"I think he (Hartono) is the greatest badminton player the world has ever produced. I consider him as my idol."