"It was very warm and very humid and to play a full five days of intense Test cricket and then to come out the wrong side at the end of it is hugely deflating," admitted Prior. "It was a pretty quiet changing room at the end of it, but there were a huge amount of positives to come out of that whole Test match." said England gloves man.
He added: "To get so close was a great effort.”
"Yes, we would have wanted to win obviously but I think we take a huge amount from that last Test match and we come to Mohali very confident as a unit that we can level the series."
He said: "It was slightly different in that in Kandy we were trying to save the game whereas this time around we put ourselves in a really good position to win – and obviously when you’re going for the win you have that excitement of thinking you can do it.”
"When you don’t come out on the right side it can be doubly frustrating. It was hugely deflating but the games come around thick and fast so you dust yourself down and crack on."