Former cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has acknowledged Prasidh Krishna's impactful performance in the fifth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England at The Oval.

Krishna returned with four crucial wickets in England's first innings on Friday (August 1). The lanky pacer, who had faced backlash for his inability to adapt to English conditions, recorded figures of 4/62 in 16 overs, helping India restrict the hosts to 247. Zak Crawley, Jamie Smith, Jamie Overton, and Gus Atkinson were his victims.

"Prasidh Krishna has been at the receiving end. He has been trolled a lot. In fact, I was reading somewhere that if you keep a polar bear for so long in the inland, it will acclimatize, but Prasidh Krishna has still not done that," Chopra said in a video on his YouTube channel.

"He said no issues, picked up four wickets, and he bowled well. I feel tall bowlers have benefited a lot at this ground. Traditionally, they benefit at this ground. You get a little extra bounce. Of course, he has been expensive, but four extremely crucial wickets.

"He has got the pace. Again, not a finished product by any stretch of imagination, but despite being a work in progress, he has done a good job. Picking up four wickets was extremely important. Mohammed Siraj picked up four wickets and Akash Deep took one, and India had to dismiss only nine players as Chris Woakes is out of the match," Chopra explained.

In reply to India’s first innings score of 224, the Three Lions got off to a blazing start, with Ben Duckett (43 off 38) and Zak Crawley (64 off 57) adding 92 runs for the opening wicket in just 77 deliveries.

However, India’s pace attack, led by Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj, sparked a stunning turnaround. Both of them picked up four wickets each as the tourists conceded only a slender lead of 23 runs.

"England did come all guns blazing. They kept hitting, and it seemed like we didn't have any plans in the first 10-15 overs. They came with a plan that they would hit, and we were only looking behind our shoulders at that point in time," Chopra said.

"However, then we started to come back. It was a lion-hearted effort from Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna made an excellent contribution, and overall, you conceded a very slender lead," he further remarked.

Riding on Yashasvi Jaiswal’s century (118) and fifties from Akash Deep (66), Ravindra Jadeja (53) and Washington Sundar (53), India posted 396/10 in their second innings, setting a target of 374 for England at The Oval to level the five-Test series 2-2.