Why India needs to choose Krishna beyond Rana for England’s tests

Prasad Krishna has a clear pick in India’s squad for the upcoming testing series against England and hence it will be a joyful Rana. However, Karnataka Pesar will use more in India in playing XI than the bowler of Delhi. In addition, Krishna has been late red-hot, and has already made a case for a place in the XI of India in a five-match series starting in June.

Krishna> Rana

First, let’s talk about Rana. He was rapidly tracked into the Indian Test team after a stellar run in IPL 2024 with KKR. In 2 tests that he played till now (in both the border-gavaskar trophy), he managed to take the bus 4 wickets in 45 overs. He is an average of 50.75, claims the best figures of 3/48. Rana has accepted 6 girls bowling 203 runs In two tests that he has played so far.

On the other hand, Krishna is a bit more experienced, made her Test debut in 2023. However, he has played only 3 Tests so far, more than Rana, he has. 8 wickets For his name. Here is that effect comes in the factor.

Two of his 8 wickets came against South Africa in the same series. Then, after almost a year and after heating the bench for a lot of sports, he finally got a chance to play the IND vs Aus 5th Test in Sydney. And he did not let that opportunity go that way. Just in that one game, he took 6 wickets, winning 107 runs from 27 oversaverage Best figures of 17.83 and 3/42,

The fact that Krishna managed to make more impact in a game than Rana, later justified the logic for his inclusion in the XI of playing. In addition, Krishna also benefits from height which can come in England for good use.

When we talk about first -class cricket, Krishna claims an errorless record. He has 88 wickets for his name from just 24 matches, average 21.57On the other hand, Rana has only played There are 12 FC matches and 47 wickets in his name, an average 22.45,

Now both of them are the best option for Bumrah and Shami to play second Fidel for Bumrah and Shami, keeping in mind the experience of playing more red ball cricket and playing more game-time under foreign conditions.

Now, let’s talk about recent form. Krishna returned to the red-ball setup after Australia Tour and managed to get it 7 wickets for Karnataka at two Ranji Trophy Games. In IPL 2025, Karnataka Pesar has 16 wickets out of 8 matches and currently Purple Cap holders.

On the other hand, Rana has 11 wickets out of 8 matches. He has tasted more success with white-ball than Lal.

Therefore, it makes sense for India to take Krishna ahead of Rana in Xi for the series against England for India.