Axar Patel talks about his Match-winning spell- ‘Wouldn’t have worked had I bowled…’

Following the 68-run win over England in the 2nd semifinal of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, Indian spinner Axar Patel said that he wouldn’t have picked up this feat if he had bowled earlier on in Guyana.

After this stupendous performance in the second innings, Axar was named the ‘Player of the Match.’ He got three wickets for 23 runs in his 4-over spell with an economy of 5.80. Speaking after the match, Axar said that the pitch at the Providence Stadium was slow which is why he was not bowling earlier on.

“I have bowled in the powerplay in the past, so I had to bowl in the powerplay, that was the plan. The wicket was stopping and keeping low, so tried to bowl in the right areas. The wicket was slow, so I tried to bowl slower in this match, it worked for me. Wouldn’t have worked had I bowled quicker, would have been easier for their batters. Our batters told us that the wicket wasn’t easy, so 160 was a good total according to us. The partnership (between Rohit and SKY) was magnificent, they scored the occasional boundaries and rotated the strike,” Axar said.

Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav led the Indian bowling attack with both of them picking up three wickets in their respective spells. Jasprit Bumrah also bagged two wickets while defending the 172-run target.

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