Gujarat Titans pacer Prasidh Krishna came under the spotlight for all the wrong reasons during the IPL 2025 Eliminator against Mumbai Indians, as he endured a torrid outing with the ball. Despite a strong season for GT, Krishna’s performance in the high-pressure knockout match left fans disappointed and led to a barrage of trolls on social media.
Jonny Bairstow takes Prasidh Krishna to the cleaners
Making his debut for Mumbai Indians this season, England’s Jonny Bairstow made an instant impact by launching a fierce attack on Krishna. In what turned out to be a game-changing over, Bairstow smacked 26 runs off Krishna’s bowling, completely shifting the momentum in MI’s favour. The right-arm pacer was hammered all around the park, eventually finishing with 53 runs in 4 overs.
Notably, Bairstow opened the innings alongside former MI skipper Rohit Sharma, and the duo gave their side a blazing start. Their 84-run opening partnership not only nullified GT’s bowling threat early on but also laid the foundation for a massive total in the knockout clash. Bairstow’s aggressive approach clearly rattled the Titans’ bowling unit, with Krishna bearing the brunt of the assault.
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Fans troll Krishna after his off-day with the ball
It didn’t take long for fans on social media to express their displeasure over Krishna’s performance. Memes and sarcastic posts flooded X (formerly Twitter), with many users calling out the pacer’s inability to handle pressure in crucial moments. While some fans urged for patience, others didn’t hold back in trolling the bowler for his expensive spell.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Jonny Bairstow taking Prasidh Krishna OUT of the Ground.#MIvsGT pic.twitter.com/eX0dTYN3i3
— Farrago Abdullah Parody (@abdullah_0mar) May 30, 2025
Prasidh Krishna not an all phase seamer even in his best season #noticing
— AP (@aravint_2107) May 30, 2025
Prasidh Krishna when he finally has to bowl the difficult overs in PP instead of HTD ball spams in middle overs pic.twitter.com/9YOFerEOku
— 💢 (@Mick3yola) May 30, 2025
Teams haven’t attacked Prasidh Krishna this season
MI doing what they do best attack their best bowler— Sumanth G K (@sumanthgowda186) May 30, 2025
Prasidh Krishna had his best season ever after bowling in middle overs, only for Gill and Nehra to make him PP bowler 😂😂
— m. (@RudeBellinghamm) May 30, 2025
Told you guys Prasidh krishna is a fraud bowler
— Aman (@Jugadu_banda) May 30, 2025
GT missing the trick. They should have not used Prasidh Krishna in PP.#GTvMI #MIvGT #TATAIPL
— krishna (@catman_speaks) May 30, 2025
Prasidh Krishna is over overrated player. #TATAIPL2025
— MCK (@chaitanyanits) May 30, 2025
Jonny Bairstow took Prasidh Krishna on remand as he smashed 26 in the over!#MIvsGT pic.twitter.com/eXi951Txnz
— Anis Sajan (@mrcricketuae) May 30, 2025
prasidh krishna finally exposed😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭
— Madbruiser (@Madbruiser) May 30, 2025
6 4 . 6 6 4 💥
Jonny Bairstow smashed 26 runs against Prasidh Krishna in a single over. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/632f2r8z1c
— Rishabh Singh Parmar (@irishabhparmar) May 30, 2025
26 runs against the best bowler of GT, Prasidh Krishna. Bairstow is proving to be a superb replacement for Mumbai Indians. #GTvsMI #MIvsGT
— Shamak Layeeq (@shamak_layeeq) May 30, 2025
Prasidh Krishna belt treatment 👌
— ~S (@cursedquill) May 30, 2025
Till now Prasidh krishna got successful by bowling in middle overs as a first change bowler but today GT made a mistake by using him in Powerplay. Why do you want to change something that’s working effectively for you??#GTvsMI #IPL2025 #Playoffs
— Happy Vamja (@hv__007) May 30, 2025
What a start by Bairstow !!!
Prasidh Krishna bowled rubbishly to Bairstow ,may be pressure of high profile game#MIvGT #MIvsGT pic.twitter.com/mzzXvncqow
— Rohit Baliyan (@rohit_balyan) May 30, 2025
It’s 26 runs off the 4th over. The artist is the dangerous Johnny Bairstow. Prasidh Krishna, one of the best bowlers of the season, being humbled in that way in the Powerplay by a person playing his first game of this IPL.
This is ABSOLUTE CINEMA#GTvsMI #IPLPlayoffs
— Shirsha Bhattacharyya (@Shirsha_18) May 30, 2025
Jonny B twatting Prasidh Krishna all around like he’s some U16 bowler 😍😍
— The Divine Beard (@Gerrardicted) May 30, 2025
Jonny Bairstow cooked gt best bowler Prasidh Krishna..
That some brutal hitting from bairstow..Great Replacement Paltan#MIvsGT
— King Kohli fc👑👑 (@pratikfandom123) May 30, 2025
Prasidh krishna ki kutaai aankh meri bhar aai
— uceyzayn (@Hazpazzz) May 30, 2025
prasidh krishna ghar jaane ki zidd kr rha h #MIvsGT
— Sarthak Harsh (@SarthakHarsh) May 30, 2025
Bairstow is giving belt treatment to Prasidh krishna #Eliminator #GTvsMI #TATAIPL2025
— Gurpreet Atwal (@AtwalGurpreet07) May 30, 2025
Prasidh Krishna main time me nhi chalta hai
Ye point note kr lena.#MIvsGT— SAM ॐ (@SRKzMSD) May 30, 2025
Prasidh krishna is so shite
— ➿ (@ikarthik92) May 30, 2025
Prasidh Krishna back to his natural game lmao#MIvGT #MIvsGT
— Listen al-Gaib (@cinemaclown) May 30, 2025
Vintage Prasidh Krishna
— Santhosh Kumar ❤️ (@Kohli_Addict) May 30, 2025
Prasidh Krishna is back to his normal form. #MIvsGT #GTvsMI
— D Wasish (@DWasish) May 30, 2025
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