Rohit Sharma-led India won the second ODI match against West Indies by 44-runs and the young pacer Prasidh Krishna remained the cornerstone of the victory which spurred India take an unassailable 2-0 in the three match series.
Captain Rohit Sharma was fulsome in his praise for Prasidh, who bowled a magnificent spell of 4/12 in nine overs. He termed Prasidh’s spell as one of the best he has seen in recent times.
“That was something flattering for me because he (Rohit) has been playing cricket for lot of time. (Praise) Coming from him, I am very happy. Personally, like I said, I have been putting in yards and trying to do this for quite some time now, so I am glad it happened today,” Prasidh said in the post match presentation.
Talking further about his own game, Prasidh said: "It has been almost one year since I made my debut for India. I have been striving to get more consistent since then. When I started off, I was more excited. We have had our plans, very clear on what I wanted to work on and I am glad it came out well today."
"As a cricketer, you want to be playing whenever the opportunity presents itself. Rohit and I had discussions before the match as well, there was nothing specific advice from him. As I said, we have been working on consistency within the team. We have good bowlers in the team and we are helping out each other," the Man of the Match added.
Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav and KL Rahul might have played knocks of 64 and 49 but the hosts kept on losing wickets at regular intervals, and in the end, West Indies restricted India to 237/9 in the allotted fifty overs. For the West Indies, Alzarri Joseph and Odean Smith scalped two wickets each.
"I think the timing of Suryakumar Yadav's innings was crucial as we had lost early wickets and credit to the West Indies bowlers, they were bowling on good line and length. Surya's innings was very important. The initial plan was to keep it tight and put pressure on the batters. It was about reacting to the situation. Credit goes to everybody," he further added.
