IND vs AUS: 'Back Your Yorker' - Ashish Nehra Advices Out Of Sorts Pacer Prasidh Krishna

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Former Indian pacer Ashish Nehra has adviced out of form quick Prasidh Krishna to use his best tool of a yorker in the death ahead of the 4th T20I at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Friday (December 1).

Prasidh created an unwanted record in India's defeat to Australia in the third T20I as the pacer conceded 68 runs in his four overs, to become the the Indian bowler with the most expensive figures in T20I cricket.

The Karnataka quick overtook his Rajasthan Royals teammate Yuzvendra Chahal's tally of 64 runs in 4 overs as he was unable to control the game on a dewy evening in Guwahati. Although he bowled a good 18th over, Krishna was not able to defend 21 in the final over.

Glenn Maxwell, who scored an unbeaten hundred, took Krishna apart in the ultimate despite struggling to connect well in the 18th over bowled by the same bowler. Australia sealed a 5-wicket win to reduce the series defecit to 1-2.

Following the match, Prasidh earned a lot of flak, but former pacer Nehra backed the youngster to come good and adviced him to use the yorker more often in the death overs.

"You are talking about a guy who has not played much cricket. But there's no shortage of talent when you talk of someone like Prasidh Krishna. He's definitely one of India's future stars and let's hope that from here he's only going to get better," Nehra told JioCinema.

"He's someone who can bowl a good yorker. I know it's difficult to bowl on a wet ground and a flat pitch, but in these kinds of situations, you definitely back your yorker."

Ruturaj Gaikwad Backed To Do Well In All Formats

In the same match, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his maiden century to power India to 222, but his knock went in vain after Maxwell's quickfire hundred. Gaikwad has been considered the back up opening option to Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma.

Nehra feels Gaikwad, who has been picked in the Test, ODI and T20I squads for South Africa tour, has all the tools to play in all three formats and backs the youngster to don the role across forms.

"I think India is already doing that. Everybody around him knows the kind of player he is. When you talk about Yashasvi Jaiswal, great player. But his game is completely different from Gaikwad's," Nehra added.

"Even in the T20 format, you require solidity, and that's what Ruturaj Gaikwad brings to the table. He's someone who can play all three formats. He has clean cricketing shots. The kind of elegance Ruturaj shows is just unbelievable."

Meanwhile, Nehra also said it will be up to the management on what team India will pick for the fourth and fifth T20I with the likes of Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Chahar being available for selection.

"It all depends on what the think-tank wants to do. It will be interesting to see if he (Shreyas Iyer) and Deepak Chahar get a chance to play this match."

India face Australia in the 4th T20I in Raipur on Friday (December 1) before they head to Bengaluru to conclude the five-match series at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday (December 3).