New Delhi: India won the first Test match of four matches Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur by a huge margin of an innings and 132 runs. In Nagpur, India trapped the visitors in their spin trap and bundled them out for 268 runs in both the innings.
Captain Rohit Sharma’s century, Ravindra Jadeja’s comeback and Axar Patel heroic knock was the main highlights of the Nagpur Test.
Axar Patel displays his batting ability
The Gujarat all-rounder as done wonder while batting at number 9. Axar Patel has joined the elite club of scoring the most runs while batting at number 9 for Team India in the Test cricket.
Fantastic knock by Axar Patel, 84 runs from 174 balls helped to reach 400 runs in the first innings.
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Axar joins Indian veteran in the elite club
Axar Patel came out to bat at low order for the host and scored 84 runs. On the basis of his terrific performance, the southpaw, has joined the list of players who scored big while playing at number 9, before him there are 4 players in the list, who have scored more than 84 runs while batting at number 9. Veterans like Anil Kumble are included in the club.
104- Jayant Yadav VS England (2016)
90- Farooq Engineer VS New Zealand (1965)
88- Anil Kumble VS South Africa (1996)
86- Karsan Ghavri VS Australia (1979)
84- Axar Patel VS Australia (2023)
But failed as a bowler
Meanwhile, Axar Patel could not impressed with his balling in Nagpur Test. In the first innings, he gave away 28 runs in 10 overs. In the second innings, he bowled only 3 overs and took 1 wicket for 6 runs.
