<p>Birmingham: Inexperience was writ large on the face of Prasidh Krishna in the opening Test at Leeds where the Indian bowling attack collectively disappointed. The 29-year-old struggled to find his bearings against an all-out assault from England, often erring with his lengths.</p>.<p>Hoping to extract bounce using his 6’2’’ frame, Prasidh kept bowling short repeatedly. But with the pitch being a batter’s paradise, he couldn’t gain the bounce he desired, the ball sitting up nicely for the England batters to play the pulls. Prasidh, sadly, didn’t learn his lessons and kept dishing out the short stuff and went for runs aplenty. His economy in the first innings from 20 overs was 6.40 and 6.13 from 15 overs in the second. The only solace was the five wickets he picked in the bargain.</p>.England add Jofra Archer to squad for second Test against India.<p>Prasidh, who arrived in England on the back of an impressive IPL where he won the Purple Cap for 25 wickets, admitted he fluffed his lines but is wiser by the experience. “If I look at the first innings, I was a little too short than where I wanted to be in the 6-8 metres range. In the second innings, it got slightly better, because again, the wicket was slightly slower. I had to pitch a few slightly behind 8m, and go slightly fuller, when I am trying to get a wicket.</p>.<p>“I definitely did not bowl the lengths that I wanted to. It took me some time to get used to the slope on that side. No reasons, but I should be able to do it as a professional. I take complete responsibility for it, and maybe, do it better next time.</p>.<p>“Every time I came out to bowl, I was definitely looking to bowl a maiden. I am not really trying to give away boundaries or anything. The outfield was fast. The lengths, lines that I bowled were not perfect, to be honest, at most times. And they took me on. Some of them were edges.”</p>.<p>A big worry for the Indian team in the opening Test was the way the bowlers bungled while batting that allowed England a chance to make a comeback in both the innings. In the first innings, India fell from 458/8 to 471 all out, while in the second, they slipped from 349/8 to 364 all out. The final three batters, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh were only able to aggregate just five runs across two innings as England bowlers mopped up the tail in the blink of an eye. </p>.<p>Prasidh said the the bowlers are working hard on their batting. “As lower order batsmen, we definitely are working on it. We are putting in the work, I think it is about putting your mind in there as well, making sure you trust yourself, trust the skill that you have.”</p>
<p>Birmingham: Inexperience was writ large on the face of Prasidh Krishna in the opening Test at Leeds where the Indian bowling attack collectively disappointed. The 29-year-old struggled to find his bearings against an all-out assault from England, often erring with his lengths.</p>.<p>Hoping to extract bounce using his 6’2’’ frame, Prasidh kept bowling short repeatedly. But with the pitch being a batter’s paradise, he couldn’t gain the bounce he desired, the ball sitting up nicely for the England batters to play the pulls. Prasidh, sadly, didn’t learn his lessons and kept dishing out the short stuff and went for runs aplenty. His economy in the first innings from 20 overs was 6.40 and 6.13 from 15 overs in the second. The only solace was the five wickets he picked in the bargain.</p>.England add Jofra Archer to squad for second Test against India.<p>Prasidh, who arrived in England on the back of an impressive IPL where he won the Purple Cap for 25 wickets, admitted he fluffed his lines but is wiser by the experience. “If I look at the first innings, I was a little too short than where I wanted to be in the 6-8 metres range. In the second innings, it got slightly better, because again, the wicket was slightly slower. I had to pitch a few slightly behind 8m, and go slightly fuller, when I am trying to get a wicket.</p>.<p>“I definitely did not bowl the lengths that I wanted to. It took me some time to get used to the slope on that side. No reasons, but I should be able to do it as a professional. I take complete responsibility for it, and maybe, do it better next time.</p>.<p>“Every time I came out to bowl, I was definitely looking to bowl a maiden. I am not really trying to give away boundaries or anything. The outfield was fast. The lengths, lines that I bowled were not perfect, to be honest, at most times. And they took me on. Some of them were edges.”</p>.<p>A big worry for the Indian team in the opening Test was the way the bowlers bungled while batting that allowed England a chance to make a comeback in both the innings. In the first innings, India fell from 458/8 to 471 all out, while in the second, they slipped from 349/8 to 364 all out. The final three batters, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh were only able to aggregate just five runs across two innings as England bowlers mopped up the tail in the blink of an eye. </p>.<p>Prasidh said the the bowlers are working hard on their batting. “As lower order batsmen, we definitely are working on it. We are putting in the work, I think it is about putting your mind in there as well, making sure you trust yourself, trust the skill that you have.”</p>