Axar: The understated ace giving India the advantage
Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- Axar Patel has been around for more than a decade but you wouldn't be able to pin down the correct designation for him in white-ball cricket. The moniker of batting allrounder carries more heft and leverage, especially when India plays in Asia or on slower pitches of England or the Caribbean.
Check out his bowling averages in white ball cricket though and it might prompt you to go the other way around. More than a wicket per game and economy rates of 4.49 in ODIs and 7.21 in T20Is, backed up by a career IPL economy of 7.35 say Patel isn't your typical bits and pieces allrounder-he is the specialist India seek according to the scenarios.
If not for Ravindra Jadeja, Patel probably would have made a mark earlier, a point h...
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