The Indian fast bowler, Prasidh Krishna, who was recently plying his trade for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has tested positive for Covid-19. He is the fourth player from the franchise to get infected by the virus after Sandeep Warrier, Varun Chakravarthy, and Tim Seifert. Before the start of the season, in March, Nitish Rana from KKR had also got infected with the virus, after entering the team bio-bubble.
As per the reports of News18, one of their sources within the camp confirmed Krishna’s reports to be positive. The source informed, “He is down with Covid-19. The results have come in and he has tested positive.” With so many positive cases coming out in the last week, the toll in the KKR camp is likely to go up. Still, the teams have no clue, as to how the virus entered the bubble.
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It is also speculated that Chakravarthy, who became the root cause of the transmission of the virus when he went for scans on his shoulder. It was only after the players and support staff from teams had started testing positive, the decision to suspend the league was taken. Mostly, all the foreign players have been sent out of the country safely to different destinations.
Meanwhile, in the seven matches he played in the IPL this season, Krishna managed to take eight wickets, with his best spell of 3/30 coming against Punjab Kings.
Just recently, after a performance show in the ODI series against England, and a decent IPL, he was included in the stand-by squad for the upcoming tour of England. Against England, Kirhsna scalped six wickets in three matches, in a series dominated by the batsmen.
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Prasidh Krishna also boasts of an exceptional domestic record, not only with the white ball, but in the Ranji trophy as well. In the nine first-class matches, he has accounted for 34 wickets, at an average of 20. Meanwhile, in the List A career, in 51 matches he has picked 87 wickets.
