Tag: Axar Patel

ENG vs. IND ODIs | We are in the results business and have to win games, says Brook

July 15, 2026 admin

Giving due credit: Brook was vocal about McCullum’s contribution as a Test coach. | Photo Credit: AP England’s white-ball captain Harry Brook can be considered the best embodiment of Brendon McCullum’s aggressive ‘Bazball’ approach. The Kiwi’s sacking as England’s Test coach has visibly shaken Brook. “He has played a massive part in my career,” Brook said after the…

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IPL 2026 | DC grapples with wide variance in home pitches

May 6, 2026 admin

Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel, right, and coach Hemang Badani during the IPL T20 match against Chennai Super Kings at the Arun Jaitley cricket stadium in New Delhi on May 05, 2026. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Comfort has eluded Delhi Capitals at home in IPL’s 19th edition. The Axar Patel-led franchise has won just…

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IPL 2026 | Delhi Capitals needs to turn it up against a humming Rajasthan Royals

April 30, 2026 admin

Rajasthan Royals’s Dhruv Jurel during a practice session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) – 2026 match against Delhi Capitals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan on Thursday, April 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR About 300 kms separate Delhi and Jaipur. The difference in quality of the cricket played…

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IPL 2026: SRH vs DC: Abhishek, Malinga steal the show as Sunrisers prove too hot for Capitals

April 21, 2026 admin

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma plays a shot during the IPL 2026 match against Delhi Capitals in Hyderabad on April 21, 2026 | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal In Abhishek Sharma’s T20 playbook, the white Kookaburra ball is an object destined to be dispatched into the stands at every available opportunity. At the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium…

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Abhishek Sharma, Axar Patel added to NADA’s RTP for second quarter of 2026

April 15, 2026 admin

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma. File | Photo Credit: ANI India’s T20 World Cup-winning stars Abhishek Sharma and Axar Patel were noticeable additions to the National Anti-Doping Agency’s (NADA) Registered Testing Pool, which was dominated by athletics, for the second quarter of the ongoing year. Abhishek and Axar have replaced Smriti Mandhana and Shreyas Iyer in…

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Felt the ball was chasing me, says Axar

March 6, 2026 admin

Axar Patel tries to stop a boundary during the T20 World Cup semifinal match between India and England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Even during peak traffic hours along the banks of the Sabarmati, it rarely takes more than 90 minutes to travel the 60-odd kilometres…

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IND vs PAK Asia Cup | Kuldeep, Axar leave Pakistan in a daze

September 14, 2025 admin

To the fore again: Kuldeep’s bag of tricks proved too much for the Pakistan batters. | Photo Credit: AP A nervy evening at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium turned into a night of celebration for India as Suryakumar Yadav’s team maintained its stranglehold over Pakistan. In a Group-A battle of the arch-rivals at the Asia…

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India vs England T20 Series: 1st T20I game to be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on January 22, 2025.

January 21, 2025 admin

England players are seen during a practice session ahead of the first Twenty20 international match in Kolkata on January 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI With the change in colours of the ball and clothing, India, mostly with a different set of personnel, will be keen to live up to its World champion’s tag in…

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India’s T20I vice-captain Axar Patel: Openers have fixed positions but everyone else needs to be flexible about batting slots

January 20, 2025 admin

File photo of Axar Patel. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Openers are the only ones with a fixed slot in the Indian T20 line-up and the batting order that follows will be made up of “multiple floaters”, new vice-captain Axar Patel said on Monday (January 20, 2025) while spelling out the team’s strategy ahead…

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Fighting Axar rescues India-D after India-C pacers rock the top-order

September 5, 2024 admin

Axar Patel’s rescue act (86, 118b, 6×4, 6×6), which included an 84-run ninth-wicket partnership with Arshdeep Singh, prevented India-D’s Duleep Trophy fixture against India-C from turning into a one-sided affair here on Thursday (September 5, 2024). Axar sparked the contest to life in the second session, pulling the crowd back which was otherwise falling into…

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