New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- For Prasidh Krishna, the tours of Australia and England were more than just another chapter in his cricketing journey. In the England Test series, Jasprit Bumrah was set to feature in only three of the five Tests due to workload management, a rare chance opened up for Prasidh to step up. He had earlier been part of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where he only got a chance to bowl in the fifth Test, but he was yet to prove himself as a Test bowler, as per ESPNcricinfo.

In Australia, Krishna played only one match, where he picked up six wickets, and in England, he scalped 14 in three Test matches.

"For me, Australia was really, really challenging mentally," Prasidh said, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

"I went there to pl...