India cricket team all-rounder Krunal Pandya played a pivotal role in his side's second T20I win over West Indies on August 4 in Florida. The 28-year-old feels that support from pace bowlers in his team helps the spinners in targeting the opposition's middle order.
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India have won the first two fixtures of this T20I series. The second one was won on August 4, by 22 runs via Duckworth-Lewis method.
Krunal registered a 20-run knock off 13 balls. The left-arm spinner also dismissed Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell.
"When your fast bowlers pick up early wickets, it makes our job quite easy. If they are 2-3 down then we (spinners) can come and focus on the middle order," he said during the post-match conference.
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He also praised Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Washington Sundar.
"In both the games we got the breaks up front, Washington also bowled well and Bhuvi is world class. It's a good that everyone is contributing in the team with the bat and the ball," he said.
Krunal was also adjudged as man-of-the-match.
"I'm happy with how I've bowled in the series. I bowled four overs in the first game and today also I bowled three. The wicket was slightly helpful for spin which helped me as well. It's a good confidence booster when you represent your country, contribute to wins and get these kinds of wickets."
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"Great experience playing in USA. Of what I've heard, cricket is developing fine over here and everyone was looking forward to playing here. Both games were close so it was a good experience. Plenty of Indians here too," Krunal added.
Both sides face each other on August 6, at Guyana's Providence Stadium.
(PTI Inputs)
