DC All-rounder Axar Patel blasts in laughter when asked about permanent position in the Batting order! -

April 13, 2023

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DC All-rounder Axar Patel blasts in laughter when asked about permanent position in the Batting order!

Its been exactly 2 weeks since the 16th edition of Indian Premier League began and Delhi Capitals are yet to register a win in the new season. For many parts of their losses, there is no one to blame but themselves. Minority of the players have realized that IPL has already started while some players are yet to wake up.

Among the woke players are David Warner, Axar Patel and Anrich Nortje. In a realistic point of view everyone else has looked lacklustre. DC’s Australian Captain despite being the highest scorer of the team and scoring 3 Fifties in 4 matches, has amassed criticism around his runs actually helping the team.

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In the bowling department, Anrich Nortje is the senior pacer and he has been impressive as usual but their local pace line-up must contribute going forward. Among all the players, the most consistent has been Axar Patel, who is having an outstanding time in the International scene.

The All-rounder might not be delivering with the ball but his batting has looked promising. As a matter of fact, the DC Vice captain has been the most versatile batter in the squad who has scored good runs in every position he has batted. Axar has scored 108 runs in 4 matches without appearing in the same position twice.

“I’m playing 10-12 overs irrespective of whether I bat higher up the order at No.7. It all looks the same to me and hence I’m not complaining much. Even when I bat at No.4, I think 10-12 overs are enough for me in a T20 game. On a serious note, we have a lot of domestic batters who can play spin really well.” – Axar Patel told the reporters.

In the first 2 games against Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants, the 29-year-old batted at 8 & 7 and in the next 2 matches, he came in at 4 and then again 8. When the Press reporters asked him about the context, Axar Patel burst out laughing followed by a possible reason for his position shuffling.

He stated that the management asks him to adjust so that the other local batters can play against Spin and also expressed his delight to be coming out late.

If I start batting higher up the order then who will play the role of a finisher? What if I get out early then we won’t get whatever push we are getting at the end. So it is a difficult choice and as I said, I am anyway batting 10-12 overs,” Axar Patel concluded.