Former Indian batter Ajay Jadeja showered praise on Prasidh Krishna for bowling an impressive spell on the fourth day of the fifth Test match against England. After the end of the fourth day, Krishna returned with figures of 3-109 in 22.2 overs he bowled.
Krishna provided the first breakthrough of the day when he accounted for England opener Ben Duckett. The lanky pacer almost had Harry Brook when he was on 19, but Mohammed Siraj made an error in judgment at the boundary rope, which proved costly as the right-hander went on to score 111.
Krishna then dismissed Joe Root and Jacob Bethell towards the fag end of the day to give a glimmer of hope to the visitors.
“As an individual, that definitely happens. As a team, you say that the person who is playing should do well. Even today, there was only one phase where you felt what was Prasidh Krishna doing. That was when he was being asked to bowl short after keeping six fielders on the on side. Other than that, the bowling he did on his own or when he bowled normally, he kept asking questions in every over,” Ajay Jadeja said on Sony Sports.
Jadeja said Krishna is a special bowler and he was surprised after the Karnataka pacer was dropped after the first two Test matches.
“We might look at it differently from the outside, but I feel he is the most special bowler. Mohammed Siraj puts in the effort, but I don’t think anyone has more skills than him (Krishna). In the last two matches, I was surprised, and I kept crying how you left out a bowler who you asked to bowl in a particular way,” Jadeja added.
On the other hand, Jadeja said it was enjoyable to watch Mohammed Siraj’s effort and Prasidh Krishna’s endurance on the fourth day’s play.
“It was enjoyable to watch Mohammed Siraj’s effort and the endurance Prasidh Krishna showed, and the heart they showed. The game went differently in the last half an hour, but they kept doing that constantly throughout the day,” he said.
“The result might have come now (in the final session), but at no stage did you feel that they had gotten tired or that the load was being managed. They put in everything that was required even on the last day. As round the world is, the hearts they showed were as big,” Jadeja observed.
England needs another 35 runs to win the fifth Test match.
