Former Indian pacer Irfan Pathan slammed Prasidh Krishna following the defeat against England in the first Test on Tuesday. Prasidh gave away 128 runs in the first innings, which came at an economy rate of 6.40, and in the second innings, he conceded runs at an economy rate of 6.10. While he did take 5 wickets in the match, Pathan was not impressed with his performance and said that Jasprit Bumrah’s T20I economy rate is much better in comparison as well.

“Just look at his economy combining both the innings. He is at No. 2 in terms of the worst economy for a fast bowler in history. Bumrah has this economy in T20s, nearly 6.50. So he will have to concentrate on his economy. He has good height and pace. He will have to learn as soon as possible how to bowl a consistent area according to the batter,” Irfan Pathan said on Sony Sports.

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Meanwhile, the Indian team management will not push the pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah to play more than three Tests against England despite the defeat in the series opener, head coach Gautam Gambhir has added. However, Bumrah was the only Indian bowler who did well at Headingley. The next Test will start in Birmingham from July 2, but Gambhir said that they have not taken a call on which two games Bumrah will be part of in the five-match series.

“No, we won’t change the plans. For us to manage his workload is more important because there’s a lot of cricket going forward and we know what he brings on the table as well. Before he came on the show, it was already decided that he’s going to play three Test matches,” said Gambhir on Tuesday.

“But let’s see how his body turns out. We haven’t decided which two other Test matches he’s going to play. (Even without Bumrah) we absolutely have the bowling attack (to compete). We believe in them. We trust in them. When we pick the squad, we pick the squad on trust, not on hope. As I just mentioned, those are inexperienced bowlers but they will keep getting better. We saw in this Test match as well that for the first four days, even on day five, we were in a position where we could have won the Test match. We believe and we trust that these boys will deliver for us,” Gautam Gambhir concluded.