India’s Prasidh Krishna and teammates celebrate the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Kamil Mishara on the third day of the second test match between India and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, in Colombo on August 25, 2026.
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The Indian pace attack, missing the services of Jasprit Bumrah, has found a second wind due to Mohammed Siraj’s consistency and the evolution of Prasidh Krishna. The latter’s role came in for warm praise when bowling coach Morne Morkel spoke to the media at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground here on Tuesday.
“It just shows the character of Prasidh, he has the media, commentators on his back, to fight through that and to bowl in the moment, that for me is very impressive. In an environment where you are under the microscope, every movement gets analysed, and sometimes you try and fight those elements. I think Prasidh now is just enjoying his cricket and loves bowling,” Morkel said.
Prasidh bagged three wickets during the Sri Lankan first innings in the second Test, and Morkel said: “The results are showing. He works hard, does his research on the opposition. He is a massive student of the game and it is great to see him develop into a world-class bowler. In all formats, he has the potential to play for a very long time.”
About the host’s lower-order being difficult to dismantle, Morkel explained: “Sometimes we think the pitch looks nice and dry, and we need to bowl teams out for 180, 200. Unfortunately at times, it is not going to work like that. These are tough conditions and the ball goes soft quickly. The follow-on, that will be the first prize if we can get the last two wickets early. With the weather being the way it is, we need to get in as many overs against the Sri Lankans.”
Update on Pant
And as for Rishabh Pant, Morkel gave an update: “He got hit on the shoulder, badly bruised, we will keep monitoring him and hopefully he will be behind the stumps”.
Published – August 25, 2026 07:09 pm IST
