India skipper Rohit Sharma, after his side’s win in the 2nd ODI against the West Indies, admitted that he has never seen a spell like Prasidh Krishna‘s on Wednesday. The 25-year-old lanky recorded figures of 4/12 in the Men in Blues’ 44-run win over Nicholas Pooran and co at the Narendra Modi Stadium, sealing the three-match series. 

In his nine overs, Krishna dismissed Brandon King, Darren Bravo, Windies skipper Nicholas Pooran and Kemar Roach. The highlights of the spell was the pace at which he delivered. 

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Acknowledging the player of the match performance, Sharma said, “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.”

Krishna, in his post-match address, said that he has been striving hard to deliver this kind of a spell for long. 

“I have been striving hard to do this for a long time. So, I am very happy that we won. I was still looking to hit the good areas. When I came in to bat, I knew it was still seaming,” he said.

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“I would have laughed it off (If someone would have told him he would finish with the figures he ended with today). I had seen the wicket in the last game. Experimenting wasn’t possible as there was not much to defend. So, I stuck to good lines. I want to be as consistent as possible. The white ball cricket is a power game,” the pacer added. 

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Rohit Sharma also addressed Rishabh Pant opening the batting alongside him. He described it as an one-off experiment as the team is trying new combinations to sort out the batting order before the 2023 World Cup.

“I have been asked to do different things, so this was different. People will be happy seeing Rishabh open then, but yeah it is not permanent. We will get Shikhar back next game, and he needs some game time. It is not always the results. We wanted to try it one game.”