Former India bowling coach Bharat Arun has hit out at the Indian team management for their handling of Prasidh Krishna in the India vs England series. Prasidh featured in 3 out of the 5 Tests, picking up 14 wickets. After a tought start, the Karnataka pacer bounced back with 8 wickets in India’s sensational win at The Oval. Krishna’s efforts helped his side to level the Anderson Tendulkar Trophy.
He was the obvious choice for Lord’s Test: Bharat Arun slams Gambhir, Morkel over Prasidh management
Prasidh Krishna played the 1st Test at Headingley but was expensive as India lost on Day 5 in a high chase. The Karnataka pacer adopted a short ball ploy which fell flat, with the 30-year-old conceding over 5 an over. Krishna was subsequently dropped for the first two tests, with India even opting to play debutant Anshul Kamboj at Lord’s.
“In the first Test, everybody felt he [Prasidh Krishna] bowled too short and those were not the lengths to be bowled in England. In the second Test, he made the adjustment and bowled the good lengths. When he realised the right lengths, he was dropped. I can understand he was dropped because Jasprit Bumrah came into the next game. But again, when Anshul Kamboj flies from India, there was enough time to work on Prasidh to get his lengths right,” Arun said in a chat with TOI.
Anshul struggled on debut and India conceded the Lord’s Test, losing by 22 runs. Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir turned to Prasidh for the final Test and the Karnataka star delivered. The 30-year-old picked up 8 wickets, partnering well with Mohammed Siraj.
“Prasidh had realised his mistake and just about when he was bowling well, unfortunately he had to be dropped. You don’t coach the sport as such, you coach the person and you coach the thought process. If the process changes, automatically he is going to be bowling there and to match that. If Prasidh had been empowered on his lengths which I thought he came back and bowled well would have been the obvious choice for the Lords Test match,” Arun added.
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