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Former Indian player Prashant Vaidya has been arrested by local police in a cheque-bouncing case. Vaidya played four One Day Internationals for India in the mid-1990s and was considered a decent right-arm medium-fast bowler of his time. Vaidya hails from Nagpur, Maharashtra and has represented Vidharabha and West Bengal in the Ranji Trophy.
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Currently, Prashant Vaidya is part of the cricket development committee of the Vidarbha Cricket Association. Vaidya was also associated with the Mumbai Indians as a talent scout for MI junior. Coming back to the case, Vaidya had allegedly purchased steel from a local trader and issued a cheque which bounced.
Prashant Vaidya issued NBW after skipping court hearings
After the mishap, the trader demanded that the former India international make a fresh payment according to Inspector Vitthalsingh Rajput of Bajaj Nagar police station, as per PTI. But Prashant Vaidya allegedly refused to pay and hence the trader took the matter to court which issued a non-bailable warrant against him for skipping court hearings. The official further shared that Vaidya was produced before a court which released him on a surety bond.
Coming back to Prashant Vaidya's international career, He made his ODI against Australia at Dunedin in the New Zealand Centenary Tournament in February 1995. Vaidya was then part of the Indian team for the Asia Cup in Sharjah, where he also played one match against Bangladesh.
Then the pace bowler featured in two games against South Africa and Pakistan in the Pepsi Sharjah Cup which were his last in international cricket. In his short international career, Vaidya picked up four wickets. However, on the domestic circuit, he managed 171 scalps in 56 first-class matches.
