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IND vs WI 2022: I have never seen a spell like that in India for a long time now – Rohit Sharma lauds Prasidh Krishna

India’s captain Rohit Sharma heaped praise on Prasidh Krishna after the fast bowler came up with a fine performance in the second ODI against West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday.

Krishna returned with the best bowling figures of his young ODI career as he scalped 4-12 in the nine overs he bowled and thus played a key role in taking the team’s 44-run win. The home side has now taken an impregnable 2-0 lead in the series.

Krishna, who is 1.88 m tall, was able to extract bounce from the surface and bowled consistently above 140 kmph to breathe down the neck of the opposition batters. The lanky pacer accounted for Brandon King, Shai Hope, West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran, and Kemar Roach.

Rohit said that he has never seen such a dominating spell like that in the Indian conditions for a long time. Krishna was right on the money and ticked the right boxes in his spell.

Rohit Sharma said in the post-match presentation, “Obviously winning the series is a good feeling. There were some challenges. The partnership between Rahul and Surya had a lot of maturity. We got to a respectable total in the end. We knew we could fight it out. The entire unit came out and bowled superbly. It is important for these guys to bat under pressure and that is how you will judge their character. Surya had to take his time and understand what the team wants from him. KL also batted superbly as he is consistently up and down in the order. I have been asked to try different things, so that was something different (on Pant opening). We wanted to try it one game and is not a permanent thing. Shikhar should be back for the next game. We don’t mind losing a few games while trying out a few things. Because it is important to look at the long-term goals. We will see what works out well for the team combination (for the final ODI). I was a little surprised to see no dew”.

He added, “I have never seen a spell like that in India for a long time now. Bowled with a lot of pace and kept it going. The others complimented him. When you have five bowlers and Deepak being sixth, you always need to keep rotating the bowlers”.

Meanwhile, India had posted 237 runs on the board after Nicholas Pooran won the toss and decided to bowl first. Ergo, it was imperative for the home side to bowl in the right areas and they were able to restrict the opposition to 193 runs.

Krishna would have gained a lot of confidence after such an impressive performance. The lanky pacer will look to continue the good show in the upcoming matches.

The third and final T20I will be played at the same venue at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Friday.

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