India captain Rohit Sharma said on Friday that the biggest positive of the ODI series against the West Indies was the bowling unit’s performance. India managed to beat the West Indies 3-0 when they recorded an easy 96 point win in the third game on Friday. “The biggest asset was, of course, our bowling unit. The bowling unit, if I have to differentiate, the fast bowlers and the spinners, they did an amazing job on this particular series,” Rohit said at the post-match press conference. “Along with Prasidh (Krishna), (Muhammad) Siraj was excellent in the way he bowled, with a lot of pace again, with the new ball and in the middle.
“Shardul (Thakur) played a few matches, he bowled well in the middle and got one chance with the new ball and Deepak (Chahar) was also very impressed with his skills, the way he swung the ball,” he said. . †
The skipper also praised Karnataka speedster Prasidh Krishna, who took nine wickets in the series.
“Look, honestly I can’t tell you anything about Test cricket. But he certainly impressed everyone with his bowling in this particular series.
“We were looking for someone like him to bowl those overs in the middle and give us those breakthroughs, and we saw that clearly, the way he threw with a lot of pace in the last two games. We could see that. also got something from the field.
“From the team’s point of view, it’s a good sign that he’s been able to do that. He’s definitely a future prospect.” Rohit said hitting the middle class was good in the series after a regular show in South Africa.
“What we were concerned about was how we challenged in the middle overs, but our middle order batting in this series was very good.
“We hit by terms and we talked for a long time that middle order doesn’t get too many chances because the top three bats, but in this series middle order hit well,” said Rohit.
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Skipper also supported his predecessor and star batter Virat Kohli and laughed off worries about his form.
“Virat Kohli ko trust ki zaroorat hai? kya bat kar rahe ho yaar,” Rohit joked. “It’s another matter that he didn’t get a hundred, but in the series against South Africa he scored two and a half centuries in three games. I don’t think there is anything wrong. The team management is not worried about that at all.” , he added.
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