India pacer Prasidh Krishna, who is elated with his maiden ‘Player Of The Match’ award in ODIs, stated that he has been putting in the hard yards for quite some time. He is quite pleased that it came off finally.
The lanky pacer returned with the figures of 9-3-12-4 in the second ODIs as the hosts beat West Indies by 44 runs to wrap up the series with one match to go.
In a post-match press conference, Prasidh Krishna said that he has been working on his consistency for a while now and he is glad that all things fell in place on Wednesday. Krishna also said that captain Rohit Sharma’s praise is quite flattering for him.
“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,” Prasidh Krishna said.
Krishna made his ODI debut last year against England in Pune when he returned with figures of 4/54 in his very first match. So far in 6 ODIs, he picked 15 wickets with an average of 18.26 and an economy of 5.07.
“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,” he added.
“The timing of Suryakumar Yadav’s innings was crucial”- Prasidh Krishna
“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 stated.
Krishna also lauded the efforts of Suryakumar Yadav, who played a crucial knock of 64 on a tricky pitch. He said that his idea was just to stick with line and length and results followed.
“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,” Krishna said.
The third and final ODI will be played on February 11 at the same venue.
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