Team India's pacer Prasidh Krishna speaks about his bowling approach

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In the second Test match against Sri Lanka, Team India declared on 503 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 138 overs at the Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo.

The hosts concluded Day 2 with a score of eight runs for the loss of two wickets. Team India’s pacer Prasidh Krishna bagged his first wicket by dismissing Lahiru Udara on just one run.

Speaking about his approach, the pacer said that aggression can come out in different ways and also added that his focus is to bowl in specific areas with full effort.

“Yeah, I would like to say so. I mean, aggression can come out in different ways, and for me it is about what I’m doing when I’m bowling. It’s very easy for people to get away or be distracted by what’s happening in the pitch. There’s too much happening, there’s not too much happening, but I think the focus is still to come in and bowl those areas with full effort,” he said, according to Cricbuzz.

He then said that length keeps changing according to the pitches, and it is decided by conducting conversations with analysts and coaches.

“Length is something that keeps changing with the pitches that we play on. So we sit with analysts, coaches, and everything and decide on what’s the kind of length that we want to be bowling on different surfaces. And yeah, natural length was something that I could say when I was not playing for the country, but when I’m here I need to be bowling every length that the team wants, and I’m trying to do that,” said Krishna.

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Krishna credited Yashasvi Jaiswal for his exceptional catch to dismiss Lahiru. The pacer concluded by saying that Team India’s players have been putting in hard yards in the practice session.

“I think it was, there’s something in the pitch, of course. Maybe stopped a little bit. There was a bit of seam, and I think credit goes to Jaiswal for the catch that he took. It was an exceptional one. We have been putting in some effort on the field in practice, so I think it just paid off. [On the importance of the slip cordon] 100%. I think 50% of the job is bowling the ball there, getting an edge, but 50% is taking it as well, and we have been pretty good at doing that. I think it’s also doing the simple things right, which we have been doing well, and that’s what shows,” he signed off.

(With ANI Inputs)

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