Colombo, Aug. 29 -- Pacer Prasidh Krishna was given the 'Impact Player of the Series' medal for his crucial wickets in India's series win over Sri Lanka away from home.

Krishna was handed the medal by the team's performance analyst, Hari Prasad Mohan. During the tour to Sri Lanka, consisting of two Tests, Krishna took seven wickets at an average of 24.57 and best figures of 3/52. He was India's best-performing pacer in the absence of stalwart Jasprit Bumrah, with spinner Manav Suthar (16) and Ravindra Jadeja (eight) being the headline acts with their wickets.

During the medal ceremony, Hari highlighted how Prasidh "made the ball talk and asked the right questions" to the batters in adverse conditions and was always asking him for data i...