Playing just his third Test match, despite picking two wickets, Prasidh struggled to find the right lines and lengths, as he and other bowlers failed to provide ample support to fast-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in curbing England\u2019s scoring rate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIf you see Prasidh Krishna in this Test match as opposed to the Test he played for India earlier in South Africa, he\u2019s looked the best to me. Yesterday, although he didn\u2019t quite get the wickets, he was still India\u2019s number two seamer. He was better than Mohammed Siraj, certainly more potent than Shardul Thakur.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cSo, India made the right choice and went for him; this is Prasidh Krishna doing the best he can. With time, if he gets a couple of wickets and builds confidence, he might just get better and better. I will not be critical of Prasidh Krishna with the way he\u2019s bowled \u2014 he has done everything he possibly could to the best of his ability,\u201d said Manjrekar on JioHotstar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Deep Dasgupta, the former India wicketkeeper-batter also reflected on Prasidh\u2019s expensive performance, saying that the pacer has bowled too many boundary balls to England\u2019s explosive batters. \u201cMy only concern with Prasidh is the consistency on a flattish pitch that we have here, at Headingley. You have got to come in and bowl the right channel, over after over \u2014 and that\u2019s where I think Prasidh has given up a few more boundary deliveries than you would want him to.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThat\u2019s been the challenge - he\u2019s bowled good deliveries, but not consistently enough. We\u2019ve always talked about Prasidh\u2019s natural length, and especially against batters, who love playing their shots and have an array of options available to them, it becomes a little difficult. So, every now and then, you\u2019d see him leaking runs. That\u2019s the reason you see that kind of economy rate.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the first session, local lad Harry Brook made merry by being 57 not out and Nick Knight, the former England batter, admired how he stood up to take on Bumrah. \u201cI think we are seeing an adaptation of the very best of Harry Brook. When we\u2019ve watched him and admired his skills over the years, we\u2019ve often noticed the high strike-rate at which he scores in Test cricket, the audacious shots, and his aggressive approach.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cBut, this felt like a more refined version of Harry Brook, and I like what I see. I think he\u2019s playing the match situation really well. I also liked how, in the first over or two, he danced down the pitch to Jasprit Bumrah and said, \u2018Look, you may be the number one bowler in the world, but I\u2019m pretty good too \u2014 I\u2019m the number two batter in the world.\u2019 That signalled a good contest, that he wasn\u2019t just going to sit back.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the first session, local lad Harry Brook made merry by being 57 not out and Nick Knight, the former England batter, admired how he stood up to take on Bumrah. \u201cI think we are seeing an adaptation of the very best of Harry Brook. When we\u2019ve watched him and admired his skills over the years, we\u2019ve often noticed the high strike-rate at which he scores in Test cricket, the audacious shots, and his aggressive approach.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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