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Prasidh Krishna, the Indian fast bowler, had a tough outing with the ball against England at Headingley in Leeds in the first Test of the five-match series, currently underway for the prestigious Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The 29-year-old conceded runs at an incredibly high economy rate of 6.28 across both the innings of England despite taking five wickets in the match, but India were unable to defend the 370-run total, finding themselves 1-0 down in the series.
In his young Test career, Prasidh Krishna, who has played only four matches, managed to give away runs at a very high 5.07 bowling economy, taking 13 wickets at an average of 35.15. With the start of his journey in the longer format of the game not being as smooth as he probably would have wanted, Prasidh Krishna spoke in a recent interview about wanting to improve his stats in the remaining four Test matches of the series against England.
I'm definitely looking to bowl a maiden and I'm not really trying to give away boundaries: Prasidh Krishna
With just a few days remaining to the second Test match of the series, set to begin on Wednesday, July 2, at Edgbaston in Birmingham, Prasidh Krishna was quoted as saying, as per Cricbuzz, “Every time I come into bowl, I'm definitely looking to bowl a maiden and I'm not really trying to give away boundaries or anything. The outfield [at Headingley] was fast, the lengths, lines that I bowled were not perfect to be honest at most times, and they took me on. Some of them were edges, some of them I tried bowling bouncers, I ended up giving runs.”
After talking about how the runs came off his bowling at a quicker rate in the first Test, Prasidh Krishna also stated that it’s important for him to spend a few runs to take a wicket, but still he wants to improve his economy rate. He remarked, “If I sit back and say, 'I want to look at my numbers, what my economy is,' and not really look at the wickets, it cost me a 4 and a 6, and then Jamie Smith got out, so if it means that I do that and get a wicket, I'm happy to do it.”
“But definitely every time I come on to the bowl, I am looking to keep the economy down and build the pressure up,” Prasidh Krishna added, which is going to be quite a challenge for him especially with no Jasprit Bumrah in the playing XI in all likelihood due to workload management.
