India's pacer Prasidh Krishna praises Suryakumar Yadav for his captaincy

Suryakumar Yadavs leadership philosophy is very similar to his T20 batsmanship uncomplicated and thats what is helping the younger brigade perform feels Prasidh KrishnaTeam Indias speedster Prasidh Krishna got a lot of backing as he made a comeback in the 2nd T20Is against Australia by picking three wickets after he was smashed for 50 runs in the first game India is already 2 up in the fivematch T20I series against Australia and will look to continue their winning momentumAsked about Suryakumar Yadavs captaincy style Prasidh replied It shows in the way he Suryakumar bats very similar in his captaincy as well He trusts his players backs all of us to do what we want to do and hes there right behind us to support if theres anything going wrongAlso ReadThe man of courage Suresh RainaRohit Sharma is known to give a lot of freedom to his players and his MI teammate is no different That has been the name of the game and then thats the word around freedom go and execute your plans out there and everyone trusts each other in the team the Karnataka speedster saidParsidh Krishan was named as the replacement player for injured Hardik Pandya in the ICC World Cup 2023 but did not play a single match He said he learnt a lot being a part of Indias World Cup campaign though he did not play a single matchAlso ReadThis too shall passBeing a part of the squad was massive learning for me Thats the biggest learning curve Ive had since Ive been a part of the team I got to learn a lot about the way people prepare the amount of information that you can take However there is no substitute for learning by doing and Prasidh understood the difference between sitting in a World Cup dugout and being out there and executing it for the team in a pressure scenarioBut I thought the information that he got during World Cup was too theoretical for me I was sitting at the dugout speaking to my teammates Here in a match it is more than theoretical you need to be able to execute things It took me a couple of overs in Visakhapatnam but after that I was in competition modeTackling the dewWhile India had the luxury of defending a huge score like 235 Prasidh admitted that bowling second under lights in Sundays match was difficult as the ball was really getting wet due to dew at the Greenfield International Stadium It was quite difficult to bowl We were planning to tackle dew even in Vizag but luckily we didnt have to do much there But here Thiruvananthapuram it was really wet Even in the eighth over when Mukesh Kumar was bowling there was a lot of dew Prasidh said at the postmatch press conferenceBut this is part of the challenge of playing in India As a bowling unit we need to learn to tackle dew It is really difficult but then we need to adapt to it We were prepared we knew that dew was going to play a huge roleElaborating on how the team prepared for bowling with dew he said You need to find out what is working out for you and then go with that We tried a lot of things cutters length balls and yorkers Slower ball was skidding through and we executed some yorkers wellWe did practice with wet balls after putting them in water but then theres no real game pressure during practice unlike a match You cant do much about the dew You do practice but then when it comes to the match its a different ball gameI got a fresh towel when I finished the third over and then fourth over the second ball the towel is all wet said the 27yearold pacer who returned with figures of 341 on SundayPrasidh even spoke to the pitch curator who told him that a part of the soil was brought from Karnataka So we knew that it was going to be slightly on the slower side but with dew we knew that it was going to play a role and batting would be easier in the second halfHe praised spinners Axar Patel 125 and Ravi Bishnoi 332 for the way they bowled under dew There was dew in the sixth seventh and eight over The way Axar came to bowl the way he did Ravi Bishnoi picked up two wickets at crucial junctures They played a very important role despite the dew setting in That is what we do as a bowling unit There will be days when one or two among us may not have a great that but others will chip in he concludedWith PTI Inputs