"Little you can do when Sachin fires"

"He is an awesome player and it was a fantastic knock," an awe-struck Prior said.

"He is one of the best cricketers ever and when he fires like this, there is little you can do," said the England.

"The defeat was hard. After five days of intense cricket, ending up on the losing side is really deflating," he said.

"But we have got huge positives from the match and coming so close (to a win) was a huge plus for us," added the stumper.

"We have come here full of confidence and KP is absolutely fine. I mean I have not seen him squirm a lot. I'm not the doctor but for me, he seems fine and in top form, as always," he added.

"We knew reverse swing would play a crucial role here in India. We did as much we could have. We practiced playing reverse swing in Abu Dhabi. Of course they (Zaheer, Ishant) are fantastic bowlers but I think we can really improve on and take huge amount of experience from the previous match," he said.

"See lots of stuff is hugely blown out of proportion. I mean I know this is modern day cricket where every move you make and everything you do is under scrutiny. I think you have to get on with it and ultimately you need to play cricket," he said.

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