Prasidh Krishna is an Indian cricketer. He was born on 19th February 1996 in Bangalore, Karnataka. The 25-year old cricketer is primarily is right-arm medium pacer and a right-hand batsman.

Prasidh’s mother was a former national-level volleyball player. Prasidh also was given the freedom to choose between study and cricket before starting to build up his career. Prasidh who studied at Carmel School had played the game at the under-14 state level regularly.

He was also selected to Cricket Australia's high-intensity training center, Cricket Australia center of Excellence under the mentorship of legendary Australian fast bowler Jeff Thompson. The fast bowler also pays a lot of attribute to another Australian great fast bowler Glen McGrath. Prasidh got his mentorship when he was training at MRF Pace Foundation.

Prasidh made his debut in first-class cricket in 2015 for Karnataka against the touring Bangladesh side at Mysore. Karnataka was an undisputed champion in the domestic circuit at that time. Prasidh in his maiden appearance marked his potential against Bangladesh which consisted of all the Test ranking players. Prasidh was a revelation of the match with 5 for 49 in 12 overs in the first innings and scalped one wicket at the cost of 53 runs in 15 overs. Prasidh, having played in 9 first-class matches has captured 34 wickets at an economy rate of 2.79 including his best figure of 6 for 52 in a match. Prasidh made his debut in List ‘A’ cricket in 2017 against Jharkhand in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match. Prasidh made his List ‘A’ journey with only 2 wickets at the cost of 41 runs in 8.5 overs. He has played in 46 List ‘A’ matches and scalped 77 wickets including his best figure of 6 for 33. Prasidh was the leading wicket-taker for Karnataka in 2018-19 Vijay Hazare Trophy scalping 13 wickets in seven matches.

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Prasidh had begun his IPL career in 2018 for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). In the opening year, he took part in 7 matches and bagged 10 wickets with a 4-wicket haul against Sunrisers Hyderabad. However, he did not have an impressive season in 2019 IPL as the fast bowler managed only 4 wickets in 11 matches. Prasidh has played in 24 matches in IPL and claimed 18 wickets at an economy rate of 9.33. he has been retained by KKR also for the 2021 IPL.

Prasidh made his debut in Twenty20 domestic cricket, playing in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Punjab in 2018 but failed to impress with one wicket at the cost of 44 runs 4 overs at an expensive economy rate of 11. However, Prasidh has played 40 T20s and scalped 33 wickets including his best figure of 4 for 30.

The student of Thompson and McGrath awaits international exposure.