Already out for 6 months, Prasidh might take more time to get fit

Nagpur, Feb 10 (PTI) The cricketing fraternity is waiting with bated breath for India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah to return back in action from his stress fracture.

But amidst concerns about Bumrah and Shreyas Iyer’s injury, one man who has slipped out of the radar is Karnataka fast bowler Prasidh Krishna, who has now been sidelined from competitive cricket for a period of six months.

And if people in the know how of developments are to be believed, he is running out of time and matches through which he can again be a potential contender for a World Cup berth.

In fact, Prasidh, who was being looked upon as one of India’s potential white ball expert, last played against Zimbabwe in an ODI in Harare back in August, 2022 and since then has been out due to stress fracture.

Before injury, he had an impressive haul of 25 wickets from 14 ODIs at an economy rate of less than 5.50 (5.32) and an average (runs per wicket) lower than 24 (23.92).

Prasidh has been doing his intense rehabilitation program at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru but news coming out isn’t a great one. “Prasidh has a stress fracture and in case of this particular form of injury, you cannot put a date on prospective comeback,” a BCCI source privy to development told

Source: PTI News

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