Prasidh Krishna - Some Known & Unknown Facts About The New Indian Pace Sensation

Happy Birthday Prasidh Krishna - some known and unknown facts about the Indian fast bowler.

With a new batch of fast bowlers coming in for the limited-overs format, Prasidh Krishna was handed a spot which he capitalized by being the highest wicket-taker in the recently concluded India vs West Indies ODI series. The 25-year old celebrates his birthday on February 19th, let's have a look at some known and unknown facts about the Bangalore-born pacer. 

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1. Prasidh Krishna made his List A debut against a touring Bangladesh team after Karnataka lost its main bowlers due to injury. Krishna picked up a wicket off the first ball he bowled in this match, which was his first ball in his List A career, dismissing Ronu Talukdar. 

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2. Krishna impressed everyone with his bowling in the first innings as he picked up 5 wickets giving away just 49 runs which put the Ranji champions ahead against an international side. 

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3. The pacer finally caught eyes with his tremendous performance for Karnataka in the 2017-18 season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The pacer picked up 17 wickets in 8 games, and remained as the highest wicket-taker for Karnataka and second-highest wicket-taker of the tournament, with a match-winning spell of 3/37 against Saurashtra in the finals. 

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4. Before playing for KKR, Prasidh Krishna was a net bowler for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. In 2018 however, he was named as a replacement for the injured pacer Kamlesh Nagarkoti by the Kolkata Knight Riders. Krishna didn't disappoint as he picked up 10 wickets in 7 matches, with a four-fer against Sunrisers Hyderabad. 

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5. The bowler made his international debut for India on March 23rd, 2021 against England, where he broke a 24-year old record with his bowling. Krishna recorded 8.1-1-54-4 in the match and became the first Indian player to pick up 4 wickets on debut, beating the previous best of Noel David's 3/21 against West Indies in 1997 at Port of Spain. 

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6. Prasidh took important wickets on his international debut, that of Jason Roy (46), Ben Stokes (1), Sam Billings (18) and Tom Curran (11). He could've finished with a five-for but Kohli dropped Mogan's catch at the slips. 

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7. Prasidh Krishna, who was brought in as a replacement for an uncapped player in the IPL 2018, was sold for a groundbreaking sum of Rs. 10 crores INR in the IPL auction 2022, acquired by Rajasthan Royals. 

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As the bowler celebrates his 26th birthday on February 19th (Saturday), here's hoping for the youngster to have an excellent career for team India, as a bowler who consistently bowls 140+ KMPH, he's a rare commodity in the Indian pool and is expected to go a long way spearheading the Indian bowling in the limited-overs format.