Important for a bowler to have variations, as room for error is pretty less in IPL: Prasidh Krishna
16/05/2026
BENGALURU, may 15: Gujarat Titans pacer Prasidh Krishna emphasised the need for bowlers to develop variations to tackle batters' domination in the IPL 2026, which has been a high-scoring spectacle so far.
In the current iteration of the tournament, teams have been posting and chasing totals well in excess of 200 with consummate ease, and Prasidh stressed on the proper execution of skills to counter the situation.
"Yeah, to have that variations…it is very, very important as a bowler. You try and make sure the average scores only keep going down and it's about all the work that you put in behind the scenes," Prasidh told PTI.
"You need to prepare for situations, pitches, grounds, batsmen, and all of those things, and make sure you execute all that because this is such a high-skilled tournament that the room for error is pretty limited.
"But it is just about coming and bowling the right deliveries there. Make sure you know what the intent of the batsman is and read the situation, have clarity about what you want to do and commit to doing that," he added.
The fast bowler, who has claimed 14 wickets in eight matches so far, has effectively used the slow bouncer as a key weapon in his arsenal during the tournament. The Karnataka pacer also explained how he developed and incorporated the delivery into his game.
"It's a very funny thing because I just ended up trying it at practice. One of our net bowlers, Darshan Nalkande, was bowling it and then I spoke to him. And he told me how to do it. It felt really good in one of the practice sessions that I did," he said. "Then I just took it to the game. It was just about feeling confident, trusting your delivery, and trusting your team to let you do what you want to do. And then when things work out, it works out. But there was a lot of work that went behind bowling that one."
But Prasidh said understanding one's strengths hold a significant place in the success of a bowler in this frenetic format.
"The hard (Test match) length definitely works. But there are multiple ways somebody can bowl a yorker or a slow bouncer. Lasith Malinga did it. Jaspreet Bumrah does it.
"So, it's just about what's your strength. What is the right ball on that ground at that situation and then you just end up bowling a lot more of that," he said.
The 30-year-old said it has become practically impossible to bank on a predetermined plan in T20s, and a bowler needs to learn to think on the feet during a match.
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