‘He can play ODIs and Tests better’ – Aakash Chopra praises Prasidh Krishna’s brilliant bowling on T20I debut against Ireland

India’s young pace bowler Prasidh Krishna recently made his debut for the Indian cricket team during India’s first T20I match against Ireland on 18 August, Friday. The Rajasthan Royals’ young superstar finally made his appearance in the Indian cricket team and had one of the best debuts. 

Prasidh Krishna’s quick pace landed him two quick wickets in the first innings of the game. In four overs, Prasidh Krishna conceded 32 runs with an economy of eight while dismissing two batsmen George Dockrell and Harry Tector. 

India’s former opening batsman and famous commentator Aakash Chopra recently analysed India’s match against Ireland, which the former won by two runs by the DLS method. He talked about the match on his YouTube channel and said that Prasidh Krishna has an amazing pace, and bowls at a good length, which will make him a better ODI and Test player than a T20 player. 

Aakash Chopra on Prasidh Krishna’s Debut

Chopra also talked about how being tall will give Prasidh Krishna an extra edge in the long formats of Cricket as he can bowl with a fast pace which can generate a greater Bounce on the pitch. 

“Two players were given their T20 cap – Rinku Singh and Prasidh Krishna made their debuts. It was slightly surprising that Prasidh hadn’t made his debut thus far. Apart from (Jasprit) Bumrah, the second good story was Prasidh,” “Typically, when I look at Prasidh Krishna, I feel he is not a T20 bowler. He is a bowler who bowls good line and length, who will do extremely well in ODIs and Tests, but even for T20s, he has pace, the right basics, a fast yorker, the slower one is not that good but he can bowl that,”

“What happens with extra bounce and high-arm action? The greater the height from which the ball is released, the higher it bounces. The benefit of that is, because Prasidh is tall and has a high-arm action, the ball hits the upper part of the bat, on the sticker,”