India vs England: Prasidh Krishna breaks 24-yr-old bowling record on night of debut feats

Following tests and T20, India vs England One-day series started on March 23. Breaking jinx of losing opening match of past five one-day series, India defeated England by 66 runs and took a le in 3 match ODI series by 1-0. India's victory in first one-day international brought many positive outcomes for captain Virat Kohli. Not only this but also, first one-day of India vs England also became memorable for two debutants Prasidh Krishna and Krunal Pandya. 

From Shikhar Dhawan's using his experience to bat on a challenging pitch to two debutants showing ir fight-back attitude, India's victory in opening match is 'sweetest wins in recent past'. 

Captain Virat Kohli gave all-rounder Krunal Pandya and right-arm fast bowler Prasidh Krishna chance to showcase ir talent in debut match against England. Krunal and Prasidh Krishna both grabbed opportunity given by skipper Virat Kohli with both hands. 

Chasing a target of 318 runs, opener Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow gave an explosive start to England. In fact, chasing a target of 318 runs, team England was 135 for no loss. Most of Indian bowlers struggled to stop dominance of Roy and Bairstow. However, debutant Prasidh Krishna broke partnership of Roy and Bairstow. Praidh Krishna dismissed Jason Roy on 46 runs. Before Jason Roy was dismissed he h scored 46 runs off 35 balls with help of 7 boundaries and 1 six. This started downfall of England's inning. 

Prasidh Krishna, Karnataka fast bowler who me his ODI debut for Indian team, impressed everyone with his bowling. 25-year-old right-handed fast bowler achieved a special milestone in his first match. At end of England's inning, Prasidh Krishna took 4 wickets in 8.1 overs giving 54 runs away. 

Krishna's name has now been recorded in best bowling figures for India, making his ODI debut. Prasidh Krishna has broken 24-year-old record of former cricketer Noel David. David h earlier taken three wickets for 21 runs in a debut match against West Indies in 1997.

'I'd like to be known as a hit--deck bowler'

After match, Prasidh Krishna talked about his comeback spell after Birstow smashed him in first half. He said, "It didn't start off well, and y came hard at us because we bowled poorly, but we h belief. We picked wickets in a cluster and that helped us a lot. I understood after my third over, I can't bowl full, and n I hit good length areas, and let ball do rest. IPL has helped me, but it's important in a 10-over format it's more important to come back. I'd like to be known as a hit--deck bowler, and I'm trying to get length more consistently, and I'm going to go back to drawing board and improve upon it. I hope I can be partnership breaker for long, because team needed it at time, so I was happy to do it. talk from beginning was that if we get one wicket it'll change things around and that's exactly what happened."

Fastest ODI fifty on debut

Before Krishna jolted England with his bowling, Krunal Pandya brought back team India after hosts lost back-to-back wickets. Krunal came in to bat at a tough stage with India in trouble at 205 for five with less than 10 overs remaining. KL Rahul and Krunal n brought back India into match. KL Rahul scored 62 runs off 43 balls, on or hand, Krunal scored  fastest ODI fifty on debut. Kunal played an unbeaten inning of 58 runs off  31 balls with help of 7 boundaries and 2 sixes. 

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