India’s pacer prasidh krishna was pelted with flaming balls during the third ODI against Afghanistan at Chiwak Stadium in Chennai. After winning the toss and batting first. Prasidh krishna bowled a spell of five consecutive overs in the powerplay itself, collapsing the Afghan top order. This is the best performance of prasidh krishna in his ODI career.
From the beginning of the match, the Indian bowlers increased the pressure on the opponent. prasidh krishna gave India their first breakthrough by dismissing dangerous opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (5) on the first ball of his first over. After that, Pavilion added Rahmat Shah (5) in his third over and Ibrahim Zadran (11) in his fourth over. In the fifth over, Darvish Rasooli (1) also took 4 wickets at the end of the powerplay. At the end of the powerplay for Parusam Dhati, Afghanistan managed just 37 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. At the other end, Gurnoor Brar gave a tough fight but did not get wickets. After that, Azmatullah Omarzai stood at the crease to take the Afghan score to 99/4 in 19.1 overs.
During the toss, Indian captain Shubman Gill said that in the last one-day match, we had trouble due to extreme heat and the weather is the same in this match as well. Three changes were made in the Indian team for this match. prasidh krishna, Harsh Dubey and Nitish Kumar Reddy made a comeback to the team.
