India, June 20 -- Not for nothing is good length bowling in high demand. Almost always in Test cricket. As we saw so frequently in the recent IPL, very often with the new ball even in T20 cricket. Prasidh Krishna with his opening burst in the Chennai ODI on Saturday made a resounding case for pitching it up in 50 overs cricket.

It's harder to break open ODIs in the Powerplay. Even when things go horribly wrong at the start, there is always room to stage a batting recovery as the Hashmatullah Shahidi-Azmatullah Omarzai 105-run fifth wicket partnership showed.

But Afghanistan felt the aftertaste of Krishna's sharp spell right through the sweaty afternoon at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium where their innings played out. After being bowle...