Muralikrishna Prasidh Krishna (born 19 February 1996) is an Indian international

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er who plays for

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in domestic cricket and

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in the

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. He is a right-arm medium fast bowler who regularly bowls at speeds above 135 km/h. He made his

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debut for the

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on 23 March 2021 in their home series against England and picked up 4 wickets in the match, breaking a 24-year-old Indian record for most wickets on ODI debut.

Domestic career

Prasidh first came to the limelight during Bangladesh A's tour of India in 2015, taking 5 for 49 on first-class debut for

in a tour match against Bangladesh A in the absence of all three frontline Karnataka pace bowlers. He took a wicket off his first ball, dismissing

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, before taking the wickets of Anamul Haque,

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and

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in his first spell to reduce Bangladesh A to 41/5. Karnataka went on to win the match by 4 wickets. He made his

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debut for Karnataka in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017. He made his

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debut for Karnataka in the 2017–18 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 21 January 2018. He was the leading wicket-taker for Karnataka in the

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, with thirteen dismissals in seven matches. In August 2018, he was named in

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for the 2018 A-team Quadrangular Series. In December 2018, he was named in India's team for the

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. During the

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, Prasidh took his maiden first-class ten-wicket haul against Jammu and Kashmir picking up 6/35 in the first innings and 4/59 in the second innings.

Indian Premier League

In April 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders team in the 2018 IPL season as a replacement for injured

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. On 6 May 2018, he made his IPL debut against

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replacing injured

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. In February 2022, he was bought by the

for 10 Cr in the Mega auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.

International career

In March 2021, he was named in India's

(ODI) squad for their series against England. He made his ODI debut for India on 23 March 2021, against

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. He went on to take 4 wickets, helping India to win the match by 66 runs. In May 2021, he was named as one of four standby players in India's

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squad for the

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of the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship and their away series against England. In September 2021, he was added to India's main squad for the fourth Test match against England but didn't play. In February 2022, Prasidh was named in India's Squad for ODIs against West Indies. He was named the man of the match in the second match as he took 4 wickets for 12 runs and went on to win the Man of the Series award with a three-fer in the third game. In May 2022, he was named in India's

squad for the rescheduled fifth Test against England.

Honours

* Indian Premier League runner up

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishna, Prasidh 1996 births Living people Indian cricketers India One Day International cricketers Karnataka cricketers Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers Rajasthan Royals cricketers