Praisdh Krishna picked up 4 for 60 against Australia A. (Cricket Australia)
India A pacer Prasidh Krishna mislaid his chill aft on-field umpires denied his petition to alteration the shot connected Day 2 of the 2nd unofficial Test against Australia A at the Melbourne Cricket Ground connected Friday.
In the 28th implicit of Australia A’s innings, Krishna, dissatisfied with the information of the ball, approached umpire Gerard Abood to petition a change. However, Abood, undeterred by Krishna’s concerns, signaled for play to continue.
Former Australian cricketer Rob Quiney, connected air, noted that the India A seamer looked “unhappy.”
“They’re talking astir a spot of imaginable mud connected the ball; making definite it’s good to get it retired of the seam,” Quiney observed. “I’m not definite if it’s an aesthetics thing.”
Krishna’s dissatisfaction grew much evident arsenic the implicit continued. After Marcus Harris, Australia A’s apical scorer, defended the shot backmost to him connected the pursuing delivery, Krishna aggressively threw the shot backmost towards Harris, resulting successful 2 overthrows.
“It was a spot of frustration, and it was absorbing successful the buildup to that shot erstwhile the shot was fixed to him … helium wanted the umpire to person a 2nd look astatine it,” Quiney commented.
Krishna was the prime of the bowlers for India A, finishing with figures of 4 for 50. Mukesh Kumar (3/41) and Khaleel Ahmed (2/56) were the different wicket-takers.
For Australia A, Marcus Harris top-scored with a gritty 74, bolstering his lawsuit to beryllium Usman Khawaja’s opening spouse successful the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
In their 2nd innings, India A were reeling astatine 73 for 5 astatine stumps. Dhruv Jurel, who scored a superb 50 successful the archetypal innings, navigated a tricky transition to usher India A to 73/5 astatine stumps, with a slender pb of 11.