'No Sir, I Am A Fast Bowler': The Prasidh Krishna Story

M. Krishna Prasad, an interior decorator in Bengaluru, is living his dream that was curtailed due to a bike accident injury, through his nephew M. Prasidh Krishna, the latest fast bowling sensation. O

"MSK Prasad was India's chief selector, he has been an old friend. When Karnataka was playing the Vijay Hazare Trophy final with Tamil Nadu in Bengaluru, he was there. I walked up to him and demanded the reason why Prasidh wasn't picked for Duleep Trophy that season. I said, 'what man, he's not even good for Duleep Trophy?'" says Ravi.

"Prasad said, 'what are you talking about? Duleep Trophy? We were considering him for the matches against Bangladesh [the T20 International series in 2019]. But he is injured'. I was surprised. I went back and called up Prasidh. He said he had got a call but had to turn it down due to injury. Even Rohit [Sharma, who captained India in the T20I series] had expressed the desire to have him in the side," says Ravi.

Post injury, Krishna has worked on his fitness. So much so that during lockdown, he used his neighbour's garage to set up a station to do fitness, the fast bowler had told on Friday.

It is all paying off now.