Former India batter Mohammed Kaif made a scathing evaluation of pacer Prasidh Krishna’s expertise after the Karnataka bowler got here beneath hearth throughout the workforce’s second ODI defeat in Raipur earlier this week.
On a dewy night, South Africa gunned down a 359-run goal, making it the joint-highest chase towards India in ODIs and Prasidh ended up being the costliest bowler for the Males in Blue. Regardless of selecting up two wickets, Prasidh conceded 85 runs, gifting away in extra of 10 runs per over. Kaif lambasted the bowler’s expertise, insisting that the 29-year-old one space of power as a lead pacer.
“Prasidh was costly even within the Exams in England. He leaks runs. He’s a bowler who doesn’t know his strengths. He’s not extraordinarily expert in anyone space. His power is to hit the deck, however he doesn’t bowl slower ones. That is the one factor he is aware of. He did work a bit on the variations within the IPL. However worldwide cricket is completely different. The ball was very moist, so perhaps we may give him the good thing about the doubt. It’s tough to bowl with a moist bowl for inexperienced bowlers. Right here is the place you want skilled bowlers,” Kaif stated on his YouTube channel.
Kaif reiterated his earlier comment of the Indian assault missing tooth within the absence of senior pacers.
“There may be much less expertise in bowling. When this workforce was picked, I instructed this. No Bumrah, no Shami, no Siraj. If you wish to transition, you need to maintain some seniors with the juniors. There are not any seniors in any respect. Prasidh, Arshdeep, Rana – what number of video games have all of those performed? You want senior pacers to inform them issues. You could have picked a workforce with numerous inexperienced pacers,” he stated.
Kaif’s former India teammate Harbhajan Singh additionally lately questioned the selectors’ and the workforce administration for snubbing Mohammed Shami from the set-up.
The place is Shami? I don’t know why Shami isn’t taking part in,” stated Harbhajan on his Youtube channel after the 2nd ODI. “I get it, you might have Prasidh, he is an effective bowler, however he nonetheless has rather a lot to be taught. You had good bowlers, and you’ve got slowly sidelined them. With Bumrah, it is a completely different bowling assault, and with out Bumrah, it’s totally completely different assault altogether. We’ve to be taught the artwork of successful video games with out Jasprit Bumrah,” stated Harbhajan.