T20 World Cup – IPL 2021 – Axar Patel leaves Ashwin behind in the race to feature in India’s T20 WC Playing XI: Delhi Capitals is on a roll for the last two IPL seasons and so is Axar Patel. DC spinner returned with an impressive 3-21 against Mumbai Indians, scalping big wicket of Quinton de Kock, Surya Kumar Yadav, and Saurabh Tiwary, leaving Mumbai Indians reeling at 80-4 in thirteen overs. The defending champions are taking on second-placed Delhi Capitals in Sharjah today in a do-or-die situation and Axar Patel’s brilliance seems to have dented their chances already in the game so far. Follow all the IPL 2021 live updates on InsideSport.co.
T20 World Cup: After superb IPL 2021 show, Axar Patel leaves Ashwin behind in the race to feature in India’s T20 WC Playing XI
Axar Patel in the IPL 2021: The Delhi Capitals left-arm spinner has picked up 12 wickets in the ongoing season so far and looks to have stamped his authority to feature in India’s T20 WC playing ahead of the experienced R Ashwin.
Both the spinners in UAE leg so far –
| Opposition | R Ashwin | Axar Patel |
| vs SRH | 0-22 | 2-21 |
| vs RR | 1-20 | 1-27 |
| vs KKR | 1-24 | 0-13 |
| vs MI | 0-28 (3 overs) | 3-21 |
While Ravichandran Ashwin has struggled to pick wickets on the slow turfs of UAE, Axar Patel seems to have mastered the art of reading the pitch conditions more precisely than the experienced off-spinner.
Axar to #MI Batsmen today 👇💙#MIvDC #YehHaiNayiDilli #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/fmWqnAlDsJ
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) October 2, 2021
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India in T20 WC 2021: It is abundantly clear that the pitches in the UAE will be quite slow, especially after they take on the workload of 31 IPL matches. India is heading into the mega event with two spin-bowling all-rounders along with three specialist spinners – R Jadeja, R Ashwin, A Patel, V Chakravarthy, and R Chahar. Looking at the current form of all the five spin options, Axar Patel seems to be already ahead of all of them in reading UAE pitches and delivering accordingly.
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