{"id":404799,"date":"2023-12-29T09:39:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T09:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/12\/29\/india-vs-south-africa-1st-test-prasidh-krishnas-performance-hints-at-bare-bench-strength-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T09:39:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T09:39:22","slug":"india-vs-south-africa-1st-test-prasidh-krishnas-performance-hints-at-bare-bench-strength-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/12\/29\/india-vs-south-africa-1st-test-prasidh-krishnas-performance-hints-at-bare-bench-strength-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"India vs South Africa, 1st Test: Prasidh Krishna&#8217;s performance hints at bare bench strength | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-106376608,imgsize-47638.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>CENTURION: A few weeks ago, India&#8217;s bowling coach Paras Mhambrey in an interview to PTI was very clear that no coach can claim credit to have created a pacer of <!-- -->Mohammed Shami<!-- -->&#8216;s calibre.<br \/>On the second and third day of the first Test against South Africa when Dean Elgar, David Bedingham and Marco Jansen were making a mockery of <!-- -->Shardul Thakur<!-- --> and debutant <!-- -->Prasidh Krishna<!-- -->, Shami&#8217;s absence was felt like never before.<br \/>It could be said with a degree of certainty that Prasidh might have played his first and last Test for some time and in the next game <!-- -->Ravindra Jadeja<!-- --> and <!-- -->Avesh Khan<!-- --> would walk into the playing XI in place of him and Shardul Thakur.The Indian fans got a reality check that the country&#8217;s second line of red ball bowlers aren&#8217;t exactly finished products and the days of dominance due to <!-- -->Jasprit Bumrah<!-- -->, Shami, Mohammed Siraj, <!-- -->Ishant Sharma<!-- --> and <!-- -->Umesh Yadav<!-- --> could be all but over.<br \/>Ishant and Umesh are unofficially done with their Test careers and Shami is nearer to end rather than start.<br \/>They say it takes two to tango and Bumrah without Shami is incomplete and the vice versa is equally true.<br \/>Siraj is the third angle to the triangle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shami has a chronic left heel issue. A lot of people don&#8217;t know that he took injections regularly during World Cup and played the entire tournament through pain.<br \/>&#8220;But you must understand that as you grow older, recovery from each niggle or big injury takes that more time,&#8221; a former Bengal teammate of Shami, aware of his situation told PTI on the condition of anonymity.<br \/>Prasidh&#8217;s shoddy performance must have set the alarm bells ringing in the Indian camp.<br \/>While Rohit Sharma, as any skipper would do publicly, backed the Bengaluru man, who was playing only his 13th first-class game, the manner in which Avesh Khan was summoned by the Indian team management after his five-wicket haul for India A indicated the panic that has set in among the ranks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Poor Prasidh&#8230; The kid isn&#8217;t ready for Test cricket. He doesn&#8217;t have skills to bowl second and third spells yet. They went with him based on his ability to hit the deck. But they forgot when has he last played a proper season of Ranji Trophy? Just one India A game isn&#8217;t enough,&#8221; a former India bowler told PTI.<br \/>He said that even Avesh&#8217;s inclusion wouldn&#8217;t make much of a difference unless he is given a long rope.<br \/>&#8220;The problem is India&#8217;s next generation of pacers don&#8217;t evoke the same kind of excitement and confidence that Bumrah, Shami, Ishant and Siraj produced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Avesh is same type of bowler like Prasidh but plays red ball cricket more regularly. So he might hit better lengths. <!-- -->Navdeep Saini<!-- --> is still playing India A for six years. That tells you the story,&#8221; the bowler, who refused to be named, said.<br \/>Shardul Thakur&#8217;s long rope as bits and pieces cricketer also might come to an end as he is neither looking menacing with the ball nor dependable with the bat.<br \/>Had <!-- -->Hardik Pandya<!-- --> been interested in playing red ball cricket, Shardul wouldn&#8217;t have been in the horizon of Tests but with lack of good multi-skilled cricketers in domestic set-up, he is considered to be the best among whatever talent is available in store.<br \/>India might still handle this WTC cycle but possessing a bowling attack with an ability to take 20 sticks is a distant reality.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : 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