Axar Patel produced an all-round present to assist DC to an exhilarating win. (Pic Credit: Sporzpics)
Axar scored 34 and later took 2 wickets for 21 as Delhi Capitals registered their second win of IPL 2023 on Monday
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar believes that star India all-rounder Axar Patel ought to be appointed captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL in the long term, saying that it’s going to additionally profit the Indian cricket staff.
Axar scored 34 and later took 2 wickets for 21 as Delhi Capitals registered their second win of IPL 2023, beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven runs on Monday evening.
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His all-round efforts earned him the primary Player of the Match award of the season and legendary Gavaskar has backed the Gujarat cricketer to guide Delhi Capitals.
“I imagine Axar Patel ought to be appointed the captain of Delhi Capitals. He is an trustworthy participant. He’s in a great rhythm. The Indian staff can profit from him being named the captain of the franchise and performing effectively. All this stuff ought to be finished in the long term,” Gavaskar stated on Star Sports Cricket Live.
During the eighth over of Delhi’s innings — Washington Sundar dismissed David Warner, Sarfaraz Khan and Aman Hakim Khan as the Capitals went from a moderately stable position of 57/2 to 62/5. Axar then forged a 69-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Manish Pandey and helped the visitors post 144, which turned out as the winning total in the end.
“I didn’t even realise what’s going on. I had just ordered coffee and I had to leave that cup of coffee as it was because I found out we had lost three wickets in one over, so I had to run and go straight in to bat,” the all-rounder stated on the post-match presentation.
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“Once I went in to bat then I had an opportunity to consider what was happening. [Manish] Pandey and I had been there and Pandey stated that the deeper we might take it the higher it’s as a result of if now we have some runs we will put up a battle,” he added.
With the ball, Axar Patel with his left-arm spin dismissed both top-scorer Mayank Agarwal as well as captain Aiden Markram during SRH’s innings.
“Obviously [the pitch] was a little slow. The ball was stopping. Kuldeep [Yadav] and I have bowled in partnerships even on the Delhi wickets, so when I batted I thought that Kuldeep and I can trap the batters. So the more runs I could score the better for us. So that was the plan and the way Kuldeep and I bowled, we had fun. I keep bowling batters but getting him [Markram] with the slower ball, that I enjoyed more,” he stated.
The Delhi Capitals will tackle Sunrisers Hyderabad of their subsequent match on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, right here on Saturday.
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