28-04-2025
Ashish Nehra's inputs proving invaluable: Prasidh Krishna
Gujarat Titans' Prasidh Krishna celebrates the wicket of Delhi Capitals KL Rahul
Ahmedabad:
In
Gujarat Titans
' inaugural season in 2022, their bowling attack was led by Mohammad Shami, Hardik Pandya,
Lockie Ferguson
and co. Despite Ferguson's departure in 2023 and
Mohit Sharma
's subsequent addition, the franchise came within one ball of defending the title.
Currently positioned second after 46 matches in the
IPL
, their strategic focus on bowling at the mega-auction has proven successful, with
Prasidh Krishna
(16 wickets in 8 matches) and
Mohammed Siraj
(12 wickets in 8 matches) leading the charge.
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With
Kagiso Rabada
having returned home for personal reasons and leg spinner
Rashid Khan
's reduced wicket-taking form, Prasidh has effectively managed crucial wickets across all phases of the game, effectively limiting opponents' scoring opportunities. This augurs well for the Titans as the tournament enters a crucial stage.
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Prasidh, on Sunday, was highlighting the role of GT head coach
Ashish Nehra
in his impact this IPL season. 'I was very clear about what I wanted to work on, made sure I put in the hours, and had the right conversations with Ashish Nehra. One thing that I've learned from him is about reading the conditions, the pitch, making sure you make the right decisions when you're at the top of the mark,'
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Prasidh said in the JioHotstar Press Room for Race to Playoffs.. 'All of these things help you be more confident. And when you're confident, I think you would want to play as many games as possible and make sure you contribute to your team's victory,' he added, Against DC in Ahmedabad, Prasidh's full-length yorker dismissed KL Rahul during the visitors' high-scoring powerplay, effectively reducing their scoring rate.
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It's his personal favourite. 'KL Rahul's wicket was my favourite because I was kind of under the pressure. I was lucky that the ball swung very late and got somebody like KL Rahul,' he said, The reintroduction of the saliva rule has benefited bowlers.
'It has played a bit of a part because if you look at what the ball does with the saliva on it, even if it means that one out of the 120 balls tears in a little more, that means you get a wicket that's an extra dot ball,' he said. 'And if that happens at a crucial stage when the right batsman gets out, that means you slow down the run rate and you get the momentum back. So, it has a chain reaction kind of a thing. And it definitely helped the bowlers.'
