Axar Patel has developed into one of the crucial versatile white-ball all-rounders globally. Interestingly, his first identify wasn’t at all times ‘Axar’. Despite this, the 28-year-old, now a constant presence within the Indian workforce, hasn’t felt the necessity to rectify it.
Cricket journalist Jarrod Kimber disclosed the key on his podcast just lately. Watch the clip under…
The story behind Axar Patel’s identify.
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Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) February 10, 2024
The India all-rounder himself additionally clarified the confusion of his identify change in a YouTube present a few years earlier.
“So the correct spelling of my name is ‘Akshar’. But I was in Bangalore for the U19 camp before the World Cup. The team was going to Australia. So everyone told me to get a passport made but I didn’t have one,” mentioned the India cricketer on the YouTube present ‘Breakfast with Champions’ a few years earlier.
“I needed a leaving certificate and license. When I went to the school to take the leaving certificate, the principal made it ‘Axar’. I have no idea what he did. The NCA people said you usually write ‘Akshar’, then why is it ‘Axar’ in your passport? I called my dad and he said nothing can be changed. Then I was picked by Mumbai Indians and played for India too. So I thought everything is going good so let’s not disturb things,” he added.
Coming to the continuing Test collection, days after being added to the Indian squad for the remaining three Test matches towards England, uncapped wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel on Wednesday mentioned that if he makes his debut for the nationwide workforce then he want to dedicate it to his father.
In a latest video shared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) official X (previously Twitter) account, Jurel mentioned that every time he cannot perceive one thing then he goes to his father, whom he additionally referred to as his “hero” and added that his father has at all times guided him.
“If I get the Indian cap, I would like to dedicate this moment to my father. Because he’s my hero. Whenever I just fail to understand something, I just talk to him, and he always guides me,” Jurel mentioned.
Earlier on Saturday, BCCI introduced the squad for the remaining three Tests of the five-match collection towards England, with star batter Virat Kohli set to overlook the remaining matches as effectively as a consequence of private causes.
Jurel was included within the squad and is prone to get his maiden India cap. Even although the 23-year-old batter is but to make his debut he has displayed a top quality efficiency within the iconic T20 match, Indian Premier League, the place he appeared in 13 matches and scored 152 runs at 21.71 with a strike charge of 172.73.
The third Test will begin on February 15 in Rajkot whereas the fourth Test kickstarts in Ranchi on February 23 The fifth and last Test of the collection can be performed in Dharamsala from March 7. The collection is at present stage 1-1. After a 28-run loss within the first Hyderabad Test, India gained the second Test at Visakhapatnam by 106 runs.
India’s up to date Squad for the third Test: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KS Bharat (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Devdutt Padikkal.
