Prasidh Krishna wreaked havoc by taking 5 wicketsImage Credit source: PTI

The 3-match ODI series between India and New Zealand is starting from 11 January. Team India has been announced for this series and now we are just waiting for the match to start. But just before that, some players including team captain Shubman Gill took part in the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches on Tuesday, January 6. While all the attention was on Gill and Shreyas Iyer, a fast bowler away from everyone’s sight wreaked havoc. This pacer is Prasidh Krishna, who gave a big victory to Karnataka by taking 5 wickets.

In this match played in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, Karnataka batted first and set a target of 325 runs for Rajasthan to win. Captain Mayank Agarwal batted brilliantly for Karnataka and scored his second century of the season. His fellow opener Devdutt Padikkal continued his excellent form but missed out on scoring his fifth century. He was out after scoring 91 runs. However, Team India’s star wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul could score only 25 runs.

Rajasthan fell due to Prasidh’s deadly bowling

But Rajasthan batsmen could not bat in this style. The reason behind this was bowlers like Prasidh Krishna, Shreyas Gopal and Srisha Achar. Where Achar and Gopal dealt with the top and middle order. At the same time, Prasidh destroyed Rajasthan’s innings for just 174 runs by quickly destroying the lower middle order. Prasidh took his first wicket by dismissing opener Golada in the seventh over itself. After this, he kept the runs under control by bowling tightly.

The tall bowler Prasidh finally ended Rajasthan’s game by taking 2-2 wickets in the 36th and 38th overs. In this way, in his spell of 8 overs, the Karnataka pacer took 5 wickets while spending only 36 runs. The special thing is that in his spell of 8 overs i.e. 48 balls, Prasidh did not give a single run on 33 balls. Apart from Prasidh, Achar and Gopal also got 2 wickets each.

Good news before ODI series

Such a strong performance by Prasidh Krishna is good news for the Indian team. Team India is entering the series against New Zealand without a star fast bowler like Jasprit Bumrah. In such a situation, there will be a lot of responsibility even on the famous. Not only this, Prasidh will also get a chance to prove himself in this ODI series. In the last series against South Africa, he did take 7 wickets in 3 matches but he was also beaten badly. In such a situation, they will hope to improve their performance by entering the series against New Zealand with good rhythm.