Gul, Junaid, Irfan key to Pakistan's success in India: Misbah

Pakistan's pace department once again rocked the famed Indian batting line-up to hand the visitors an 85-run win in the second ODI at the Eden Gardens here, which enabled them to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

"We got the edge for the quality of our bowling. Indian batsmen are struggling for quite a long time. But I think our bowlers exploited the conditions better. Normally we get flat pitches here in India. But both the pitches -- in Chennai and Kolkata -- were challenging for batsmen," he said.

"It's mainly because of our fast bowlers' spell in the middle overs we won the match here.

"With the pitch and the batting line-up, we thought 290-300 would have been a good total but 250 was a fighting total. It was important to bowl well as 250 was not a winning score," he added.

Misbah said it was really a good time for Pakistan cricket as their struggling bowling attack finally started to produce results under trying circumstances.

"I really feel happy for Pakistan. The happiest thing was that before the start of the series we were struggling in our fast bowling department, but here all the three fast bowlers did really well. It's a positive thing. The way we are playing as a team is a big achievement," he said.

Pakistan's ODI series win over India came in the backdrop of the team's 3-0 Test victory over England and the Asia Cup triumph.

"A win against India is always big. We had lost to them in the World Cup. This is a big win and a 3-0 margin (by winning in Delhi on January 6) will be a big achievement," Misbah said.