Prasidh Krishna's Response To Rohit Sharma's "Never Seen Spell Like That In India" Praise After 2nd ODI vs West Indies

The high praise from his skipper Rohit Sharma was "very flattering", pacer Prasidh Krishna said after emerging as the star performer with his excellent bowling in India's 44-run win over the West Indies in the second ODI in Ahmedabad. The lanky Karnataka man set up India's series-clinching victory in the three-match rubber, leaving his captain highly impressed.

"That was something very flattering for me because he (Rohit) has been playing cricket for lot of time. Coming from him, I am very happy," Prasidh said at the post-match press conference on Wednesday.

Rohit was awestruck by the sensational spell of Prasidh, who was adjudged the Player of the Match for his four wickets for just 12 runs in nine overs, which included three maidens.

"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," Rohit had said at the presentation ceremony.

The bowler said that he has been striving to get consistent and was pleased that his efforts have paid off.

"Personally, like I said, I have been putting in the yards and trying to do this for quite some time now, so I am glad it happened.

"It has been almost a year since I made my debut for India. I have been striving to get more consistent since then," Prasidh said at the post-match press conference.

"I remember, when I started off, I used to get excited and had too many emotions running through.

"But over time, we have been together, practised together as a team. We have had our plans and we have been very clear on what we wanted to work on." India posted 237 for nine and then returned to dismiss West Indies for 193 in 46 overs to record a comfortable victory.

"Like I said we have been working on consistency as a bowling unit. We