India, July 4 -- Despite being rated very highly by the ones who matter in Indian cricket, Prasidh Krishna's return in Test matches has been rather disappointing, to say the least. The right-arm pacer, who is in the middle of his fifth Test match, is currently nudging an unwanted record for the worst economy rate by a frontline bowler. Krishna's current economy rate is well above 5. While he has not even bowled 1000 balls in Test match cricket or played at least 10 Test matches to qualify for the record books, the signs are alarming.

In the ongoing second Test between India and England, Krishna is leaking runs at 5.50 runs per over (at the time of publishing this) with no wickets to show for. At one point, he had figures of five over 50 ...