New Delhi. When any team wins the World Cup, not just one player but every player contributes to it. India has also won the T20 World Cup, so every player has his own role in it. Before the World Cup, the Indian team was considered dependent on stars like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jaspreet Bumrah, Hardik Pandya. But in this tournament, a new player emerged in every match. Axar Patel, whose place in the playing eleven was not even considered certain, turned out to be the hidden hero of the entire T20 World Cup.
India has won the trophy by performing brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2024. The Indian team is now celebrating. Apart from Virat Kohli, all the players performed as expected. However, Virat Kohli made up for everything in the final on the lines of ‘one blacksmith is better than a hundred goldsmiths’. He played an important role in helping India win the final by scoring 76 runs.
In the final of T20 World Cup 2024, Akshar Patel played a beautiful innings of 47 runs. He played this innings when the Indian team was under pressure after losing 3 wickets for 34 runs. When Virat Kohli was taking the team forward by handling one end, Akshar counter-attacked and pushed South Africa on the backfoot. Apart from this, Akshar also took a wicket in the match.
Akshar Patel performed brilliantly not only in the T20 World Cup 2024 final but also in almost every match. He took 3 wickets for just 23 runs and scored 10 runs in a very important match against England in the semi-finals. Similarly, when India lost wickets in quick succession against Pakistan, Akshar was promoted. Then Akshar played an important innings of 20 runs.
Axar Patel was the only Indian player in the T20 World Cup 2024 who batted at number four and five when needed and also bowled in the powerplay when needed. He took a total of 9 wickets in the tournament and also scored 92 runs. In the T20 World Cup, only Hardik Pandya (11 wickets, 144 runs) was the player who took more wickets and scored more runs than Axar Patel.
Tags: Axar Patel, ICC T20 world cup, T20 World Cup, Team India
FIRST PUBLISHED : July 1, 2024, 16:32 IST