debutant Krishna rocks Bangladesh 'A'

Debutant medium pacer Murli Prasidh Krishna hogged the limelight on his first-class debut, claiming  five wickets for 49 runs, as Ranji Trophy champions Karnataka dismissed star-studded Bangladesh ‘A’ for a paltry 158 on Tuesday, the opening day of their three-day game in Mysuru.

Krishna shared the new ball at the Gangotri Glades ground with H S Shararth and wreaked havoc.Four of his five wickets were those of international players Anamul Haque Bijoy (5) who was cleaned up, Rony Talukdar (0) caught in the slip cordon. Ditto for Mominul (0) and Soumya Sarkar (1) who also could not cope with the seam movement as Bangladesh were in trouble at 27 for four. It became 41 for five when Krishna dismissed the seasoned Nasir Hossain, caught by ‘keeper CM Gautham, to get his fourth victim.