We conceded 20-25 runs extra in the death overs, says Yuzvendra Chahal

The second One-Day International between India and England proved to be a disappointment for the visitors as the English team overwhelmed them by 86 runs at Lord's to level the series with one match to go. Though Kuldeep Yadav has been highlighted during the matches played in England, experienced Yuzvendra Chahal has continued his steady course throughout. In the last match, he had a fantastic spell of 10-0-43-1. While the bowling in the middle-overs appeared to be fine, it was India's failure in batting and terrible death bowling led to the fatal loss.

“We conceded 20-25 runs extra in the death overs. We must give credit to Joe Root and Willey also because they batted really well towards the end. As far as the spinners are concerned, Kuldeep and I bowled reasonably well, Kuldeep got three wickets. The wicket was different, a bit slow. If you bowled slow, batsmen were able to play us easily and there wasn’t as much turn as in the second innings,” said Chahal.

“After a couple of overs, I realised that the wicket was slow. My plan was that on this track, I should vary the pace and bowl fuller. If you bowl short on a slow track, the chances of getting hit are more. I wanted to keep it wicket-to-wicket because if the batsman misses, I have a greater chance of getting a wicket,” he added.

Despite India having made a steady start with Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma putting up 60 for 3 and Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina developing a 79-run partnership for the fourth wicket, Kohli's dismissal was a turning point, according to Yuzvendra Chahal.

“I think the turning point was Virat bhaiya’s dismissal because he was batting well and he was in the middle of a good partnership. When you are chasing 322, you need to have wickets in hand towards the end. But I think their spinners bowled well because if you see the way Moeen bhai started, the boundaries weren’t coming easily. The run rate was increasing and therefore there was a little pressure on the batsmen as well. You can say that their spinners bowled really well in the middle overs,” he said.