India fast bowler Prasidh Krishna made his ODI debut for India on Tuesday against England in Pune and returned with figures of 4/54 in 8.1 overs in a winning cause. The home side etched a 1-0 lead in the three-match series after beating England by 66 runs in the first ODI.
The right-arm pacer did accept that the bowling in the initial part of the England innings wasn’t up to the mark and this was the reason that the English openers got a brisk start.
"It didn't start off well, and they came hard at us because we bowled poorly, but we had belief. We picked wickets in a cluster and that helped us a lot," Krishna said after the match.
"I understood after my third over, I can't bowl full, and then I hit good length areas, and let the ball do the rest," he added.
Prasidh who plays for KKR in the IPL admitted that the cash-rich league has helped him improve. "IPL has helped me, but in a 20-over format, it's more important to come back. I'd like to be known as a hit-the-deck bowler, and I'm trying to get the length more consistently," he said.
The fast bowler further added that he wants to be someone who is known for breaking partnerships.
“...I'm going to go back to the drawing board and improve upon it. I hope I can be the partnership breaker for long, because the team needed it at the time, so I was happy to do it," he added.
India went 1-0 up in the three-match series beating England by 66 runs in Pune on Tuesday. India first posted 317/5 in 20 overs, courtesy some fine performance from the batting line up and then bundled out the Eoin Morgan-led side at 251.
The two sides will be up against each other in the second ODI on Friday at the same venue.