Bhuvi, Harshal reveal thoughts while defending 29 in last two overs

KOLKATA: In India's eight-run win over the West Indies at the Eden Gardens on Friday, Harshal Patel and Bhuvneshwar Kumar joined forces to defend 29 off the last two overs to give a series win to the hosts. With dewy conditions, Kumar took out Nicholas Pooran and conceded just four singles in the penultimate over. Patel, who gave just eight runs in the 18th over, then closed out the match by giving 16 runs in the final over to seal a narrow win for India.

"Bhuvi had made my job easy in a way. I only had to bowl two dot balls (in the final over). But I knew, looking at these guys, they could hit four sixes, which is not difficult for them. I had thought that I wanted to bowl yorkers and keep Powell away from the strike because he was well set," said Patel in a video chat with bowling coach Paras Mhambrey uploaded by the BCCI on Saturday.

"First and second balls executed well but third and fourth did not as the ball was marginally ahead. I know how powerful they are but I was confident about the execution and was not confused about it that point. Overall, I am happy with my performance," added Patel. IANS

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