What’s the problem with Axar Patel’s bowling? Where has that chew off the pitch disappeared?
Had the left-arm spinner received three wickets within the first Test at Nagpur he would have equalled Ravichandran Ashwin because the quickest to 50 wickets.
Instead, Axar is languishing at 48 scalps after three Tests on tracks that spinners dream about. In his sequence, he has bowled 39 overs for one wicket at a median of 103.
Compare this along with his pre-series common of 47 wickets in eight Tests at 14.29.
The drawback is technical. Somewhere alongside the road, he has misplaced his skill to pivot correctly and isn’t in a position to get sufficient physique behind the ball.
Instead of making use of revs, he tends to push the ball via. Once you try this the ball is unlikely to grip the floor and switch.
In the mine-field that the pitch on the Holkar Stadium was, Axar was not even turning the ball previous the right-hander’s exterior edge. The Aussie tackled this tall, lanky bowler with a high-arm motion, with ease.
Axar has to return to the fundamentals and set proper his motion and launch.
With the bat, nevertheless, Axar has been excellent. He has added depth to the line-up and made 185 runs within the three Tests at a median of 92.50. He scored 84 in Nagpur and a match-winning 74 in Delhi.
Yet, the left-hander, with a penchant for sixes, was bafflingly despatched at No. 8 and No.9 in Indore. He was left stranded, unbeaten on 12 and 15 in Indore.
When you’re in kind, you aren’t despatched so low with solely tailenders for firm on such wickets the place the tail is just not anticipated to final lengthy.
On his half, Axar has appeared composed and organised with the bat and, contemplating his kind, ought to have come forward of Srikar Bharat.
But then, a lot about how Axar has been dealt with on this sequence stays a thriller.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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