“…Is the Biggest Positive. ” says Axar Patel after winning the series against Zimbabwe. It’s “tough” to cool his heels after a couple of games. But Axar Patel wants to put his best foot forward in his quest to take advantage of every opportunity that comes his way.
It’s “tough” to cool his heels after a couple of games. But Axar Patel wants to put his best foot forward in his quest to take advantage of every opportunity that comes his way. A replacement for Ravindra Jadeja, the left-arm spinner and useful lower-middle-order batter is still not an India regular. Despite having 50 or more wickets in ODIs since 2014. “It’s a little difficult when you play two matches and then you have to sit out,” Axar said after India’s 13-run win over Zimbabwe in the third ODI.
“Then you play two or three more matches. It’s difficult, but I believe in myself and train my mind to believe that this is an opportunity for you to succeed “He continued.
The Indian team management, which has an abundance of talent at its disposal, keeps rotating cricketers in order to strengthen its bench for the future and regulate the workload of its top players.
Axar believes that in such a situation, it is important to maintain a positive attitude and to view each game as an opportunity.
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Axar Patel: It is important to maintain a positive attitude and to view each game as an opportunity.
“If I do well here, I’ll be invited to the next game. I can also play with the (cribbing) mindset that I’ll be dropped after a couple of chances. But I look at it positively because I’m getting an opportunity to perform for India. I’ll get better if I do well. So how you take it is entirely up to you.” On Monday, India defeated the hosts Zimbabwe 3-0.
In the third ODI, the left-arm spinner took two wickets while allowing 30 runs in 10 overs that included a rare maiden over.
“I thought this used pitch was a little dry and had some spinners in it.” I bowled from the opposite end. Attempting to bowl the (on) stump lines. I was just waiting for the batter to make a mistake, and luckily I got a maiden.
Shubman Gill scored his first ODI century, a 97-ball 130.
“To me, the biggest positive is the way he’s batting, the way he’s converting singles and doubles, the way he’s not playing a lot of dot balls,” Axar said.
“When he bats, there are always singles and twos, and he can hit bad balls for boundaries. He plays spinners well, rotates the strike well, and can also play the sweep and reverse sweep well.” Axar thought the Indian bowlers executed their strategies well in the three-match series.
“The bowlers were carrying out their plans. It was impressive to see Avesh (Khan) bowl the yorkers and slower ones. Shardul (Thakur) was alternating between slower and wider yorkers.
“Deepak (Chahar) took three wickets in his return game. The way we carried out the plans was a big plus “He finished.
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