Axar Patel has saved the Delhi Capitals many times, and Monday was no different. Axar’s all-around showing was why DC won for the second time this season.
“I love it here; the crowd is great, and they always come to cheer.” “Thank you for all your help.” “We face hurdles in the game, so getting two points is great.”
In an Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Uppal on Monday, Warner’s new team, the Delhi Capitals (DC), beat his old team, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). This was a happy “coming home” for Warner.
More than the batters, the bowlers led the Delhi Capitals to win, as they successfully protected a score of 144/9.
Axar Patel has saved the Delhi Capitals many times before, and Monday was no different. Axar’s all-around showing was a big part of DC’s second straight win this season.
DC won the toss and chose to bat first. Axar’s 34 runs and Manish Pandey’s 34 runs helped the Capitals reach 144. Prithvi Shaw, the young player who wasn’t doing well, was dropped in favor of England’s Phil Salt. However, Salt still couldn’t get going, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar got rid of him for a golden duck.
Most of the SRH hitters seemed to lack confidence, as Anrich Nortje (2/33) and Axar Patel (2/21) ran amok, and Aiden Markram was right to point out that SRH didn’t seem to be trying when they batted.
Mayank Agarwal got 49 runs off 39 balls, and Heinrich Klaasen got 31 runs off 19 balls. Time was running out for SRH before Washington Sundar (24* off 25 balls) could try to do with the ball what Axar Patel did with the bat: stand and deliver.
“Not a good hitter.” Unfortunately, they didn’t try hard enough or get excited enough to win a game of cricket. We must go back and figure out how to be free and better. You can say everything right, but the guys have to believe you.
“We want to play a certain kind of cricket, and if we mess that up, we’ll sleep much better at night.” “Tonight, we didn’t try hard enough, and we’re letting ourselves down because of it,” Markram said at the award event.
