India pacer Prasidh Krishna took four wickets in the second ODI against West Indies and has received a compliment from the white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma while his spell helped India to defend the 237.
India pacer Prasidh Krishna, who took four wickets in the second ODI against West Indies has received a compliment from the new white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma. India has won the match by 44 runs and leads the series 2-0.
Krishna’s outstanding spell helped India to defend the 237 and defeat West Indies in the second ODI at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. At the end of the game, Rohit Sharma at the post-match presentation praised Prasidh, saying the pacer’s spell was the best he has seen in India for a very long time.
“Rohit’s praise is quite flattering for me, he has been playing cricket for a long time, the comment coming from him, I am personally very happy. I have been putting in the hard yards, I am glad it happened today,”
said Prasidh while replying to an ANI query during a virtual press conference.
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, 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,”
he added.
However, KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav might have played knocks of 64 and 49 but the host continuously lost the wickets and in the end, West Indies confined India to 237/9 in the allotted fifty overs. For the West Indies, Alzarri Joseph and Odean Smith shrunk 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 were 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 added.
