Pacer Prasidh Krishan on Friday said there was very little margin of error for the bowlers on a challenging wicket as India’s attack crumbl...
Pacer Prasidh Krishan on Friday said there was very little margin of error for the bowlers on a challenging wicket as India’s attack crumbled in the face of an England onslaught in the second ODI in Pune.
Chasing a challenging target of 336, Jonny Bairstow (124 off 112) and Ben Stokes (99 off 52) decimated the Indian bowlers, adding 175 runs off 117 balls as England gunned down the total in just 43.3 overs for a six-wicket win.
“It was a very good wicket to bat on, no doubt. We scored 330-plus and they chased it down in the 44th over. It says it all,” Prasidh, who returned with figures of 2/58, said during the post-match press conference.
“It was a flat wicket, challenging wicket for bowlers where the margin of error was very, very less... It was an onslaught, we got hit quite bad.”
Defending the total, Indian bowlers looked clueless as England reached 285/1 in 35.1 overs. A mind-boggling 87 runs were scored between the 31st and 35th over with Stokes and Bairstow sharing 17 sixes between them.
“We did have a plan, we did talk about the way they were going about it. We tried our best when we bowled. There were a couple of chances that may...
