"There's No Shortage Of Talent": India Great Backs Under-Fire Prasidh Krishna

03.12.2023 - 12:17 sports.ndtv.com

India clinched the five-match T20I series against Australia after registering a 20-run victory in the fourth match on Friday in Raipur.

Asked to bat first, India posted 174/9 in 20 overs with Rinku Singh scoring 46 off 29 balls. Later, the hosts restricted Australia at 154/7 after Axar Patel scalped three wickets.

With this win, India have gained an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. In the fourth match, Team India made a number of changes in their Playing XI and one of them was replacing Mukesh Kumar with pacer Prasidh Krishna.

Krishna received a lot of flak after he was brutally thrashed by Aussie batters, especially Glenn Maxwell during the third T20I.

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