India vs England: It was an onslaught from England batsmen but we tried to execute our plans- Prasidh Krishna Led by Jonny Bairstow’s 11th ODI century and Ben Stokes’s 52-ball 99, England batsmen chased down the Indian target of 337 runs in just 43.3 overs.

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Jonny Bairstow, who scored 94 in the first ODI, continued his good run to get 124 runs off 112 balls

Ben Stokes missed out on scoring the third fastest ODI century by an Englishman when he was out for 99

England won the second ODI by 6 wickets to level the three-match series 1-1

After England batsmen were brutal on the Indian bowlers in the second ODI on Friday, India fast bowler Prasidh Krishna said that it was a challenging wicket where the margin of error for the bowlers was very little.

England chased down the Indian target of 337 runs in just 43.3 overs as Jonny Bairstow (124 off 112) and Ben Stokes (99 off 52) attacked the Indian spinners in particular.

Kuldeep Yadav gave away 84 runs in his 10 overs while Krunal Pandya was hit for 72 runs in just 6 overs. That’s 156 runs in 16 overs that the Indian spinners conceded without taking a wicket.

"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.

"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," Prasidh, who returned with figures of 2/58, said during the post-match press conference.

The Indian bowlers had no response to the onslaught that Bairstow and Stokes brought on them. The two batsmen hit a total of 17 sixes and as many as 87 runs were scored in the five overs between the 31st and 36th over.

Prasidh said that India did have a plan for the two players when they were attacking the bowlers, but the two batsmen were just too good on the day.

"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 have gone our way but we must give them credit for the way they played," Prasidh said.

India will bounce back, says Prasidh

Prasidh, who played his 2nd ODI on Friday, exuded confidence that his team will bounce back just like they did in the first ODI.

"That's the game of white-ball cricket today. With four (fielders) outside for the 11 to 40 overs, that's bound to happen. I know we are going to bounce back stronger. It was a same situation last game, we did come back and had a great result for us," the pacer added.