India’s chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who scalped crucial three wickets in an over to hand India an 88-run victory against Sri Lanka on Friday, said he always looked for wickets despite conceding runs early in the innings.

In his quota of four overs, Kuldeep gave 52 runs but scalped three quick wickets in his final over. Talking to the reports about his spell, Yadav said that skipper Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper MS Dhoni helped him to get the wickets. He said, “First three overs, 45 runs, but I was always thinking about wickets. I knew if I got one, I would probably get the second one. The first over (I bowled) was slow in the air, but the wicket was good to bat on and the ball was coming on nicely. Later on I was bowling wide of the batsman.”

He further elaborated, “I realized that I need to bowl it into the wicket. They (Dhoni and Rohit) were backing me and telling to look for the wicket. Small ground with small boundaries, Dhoni and Rohit were telling me to keep away from the batsman and try the variations outside the off-stump. Seven wickets in three overs really changed the game.”

Rohit Sharma, who blasted a 35-ball hundred, piloted India to a huge 260, the joint-second highest T20I total. In reply Sri Lankan batsmen struggled and were dismissed at 172, losing the series 0-2.