Veteran India keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik praised captain Rohit Sharma for his 'brave move' of bowling off-spinner Washington Sundar in the death overs of the West Indies chase of 239 runs in the second ODI of the three-match series which was played in Ahmedabad on February 9. 

After Mohammed Siraj had conceded 11 runs in the 44th over, Rohit handed the ball to Sundar with the West Indies needing 49 runs from 36 deliveries. Sundar finished the over conceding only 2 runs and the crucial wicket of Odean Smith. In the next over, India bowled the visitors out for 193 runs.

Following the game, wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik praised Rohit Sharma for bowling Sundar, saying it was a "brave move."

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“I really liked Rohit’s move of bringing Sundar on when Odean Smith was going good. That was a brave move. It was a very interesting one to bring the off-spinner on with the right-handers in play. He (Rohit) is willing to throw a bit of a bait. 

The beauty of Sundar is that he is able to absorb pressure. You know the batter is going to go after you. So you need some skill and talent. That is the captain and bowler camaraderie blossoming," said Karthik on Cricbuzz.

Former South African captain Shaun Pollock, on the other hand, found a flaw in Sundar's bowling.

“The only concern for me having watched the bowling line-up was Washington Sundar. The guys behind the scene need to help him come up with a game plan. Once the left-handers are on strike, you can see how comfortable he is. (But) he was just too predictable against right-handers, darting it back of a length. They were able to get on to him,” observed Pollock.

“He needs to work on changing the angle every once in a while. If he goes on to surfaces that are flat going forward, he needs to have that confidence that he has a little bit more up his sleeve.”