Prasidh Krishna is an Indian cricketer who recently debuted in ODIs for the Indian cricket team. |
He plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL and represents Karnataka at the domestic level. |
During his school days, Prasidh Krishna was enthusiastic about sports, playing multiple disciplines like athletics, volleyball, and badminton. |
Growing up, he often mimicked different bowlers' actions on the road while going to school. |
His mother was a national-level volleyball player and his father played cricket at the college level. |
Prasidh Krishna idolized Australian fast bowler Brett Lee, shaping his own bowling style based on Lee's techniques. |
He started his first-class cricket career with Karnataka in the 2015-16 season and later joined the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai. |
Prasidh Krishna received coaching from Australian cricket greats including Glenn McGrath at the MRF academy and Jeff Thomson at Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence. |
In a match for Karnataka, Prasidh Krishna took five wickets against a Bangladesh A side, dismissing notable batsmen such as Anamul Haque, Liton Das, and Soumya Sarkar. |
On 23rd March 2021, Prasidh Krishna made history by becoming the first Indian bowler to take four wickets on his ODI debut against England in Pune. |