India fast bowler Prasidh Krishna, who played a critical role in drawing the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England, opened up on his game plan on the final day of the fifth Test at The Oval while also adding that the match is "going to stay with him forever".

On the final day of the Oval Test, the hosts were 35 runs away from chasing a 374-run target, with four wickets in hand. However, Mohammed Siraj ripped through their lower order, ending the innings at 367.

Krishna bowled extremely well in tandem with Siraj, which saw England falling just six runs short of winning the series. It was the lanky pacer who brought India back in the contest, with quick wickets of Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell, reducing the Three Lions to 332/5.

"The first ball, I had clearly planned, was going to be a bouncer. It made me feel like I could set up the over - or even the following overs - better, knowing how the bouncer was behaving. I felt that was one of my main weapons," recalled Krishna, as quoted by ESPNCricinfo.

"That ball went for a boundary, but it also helped me understand what was happening with the pitch. The second one was an inside edge altogether. Even with eight runs coming off the first two balls, I was still pretty composed. I knew I had to hit a certain area, a certain length, and let the ball do the talking," he added.

Krishna revealed Siraj was generating a great deal of swing, while he himself could not for the first couple of overs. It was Siraj’s dismissal of wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith that "changed everything".

"Siraj, from the other end, started off really well. The ball was swinging - not as much for me in the first couple of overs, but it was swinging for him. So I had to pull myself back a little and ask myself, 'Okay, what can I do now? How do I get straighter?'

"The wicket of Jamie Smith changed everything. From there, it was about us being consistent in the right areas, and then it was just a matter of time before the wickets fell," he remarked.

Talking about the emotions following the 2-2 series draw, Krishna said: "The joy, the shouting, the celebration we had right after the last wicket fell - it was all relief. We had put in so much as a team - every single person out there - so much mental grit and physical effort to win from the situation we were in."

"It was just that sigh of relief saying, 'Okay, we have put in so much effort', and when you put in all that effort and actually end up on the positive side, it gives you such a sense of satisfaction. After that, we all went back, sat together, and spoke about how we did so many things right, and how it felt like we are a team that can fight from any situation we are put into," he elaborated.

Krishna said he could not explain the feeling soon after India had won. Even after a month, a lot of these moments seem like a blur to him.

"When I sit and watch the game now, it does not feel the same - because being out there, the atmosphere was so good, so electric, and the joy was so immense. That is something that will stay with me forever. I don't think I will ever feel a similar moment just sitting back and watching from the outside," he concluded.

Prasidh Krishna ended the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy with 14 wickets from three matches at an average of 37.07. His best figures of 4/62 came in the first innings of the Oval Test.