Rahul Dravid’s ‘masterstroke’: Axar Patel reveals strategic change that saved India in T20 World Cup 2024 final

Axar Patel was promoted successful the batting order, but it was not the archetypal plan. The Indian all-rounder revealed what precisely happened aft India had mislaid 3 speedy wickets.

Dinesh Karthik asked Patel wherefore helium had been promoted successful the batting bid to travel up of specializer batters similar Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube oregon adjacent Ravindra Jadeja. On being asked if helium expected to bat higher successful the batting order, Axar said, “Not today."

“I thought I would beryllium going down the order. But erstwhile we mislaid 3 wickets early, abruptly Rahul bhai told me, 'Axar, pad up.' I did not adjacent get the accidental to deliberation astir my batting, truthful that worked for me," Axar told DK connected Star Sports.

The Axar Patel factor

Axar joined Virat Kohli, who maintained a “slow-but-steady" cognition successful his batting aft having a speedy commencement successful the archetypal implicit itself. Axar took complaint to support the scoreboard moving.

Axar deed 4 sixes and 1 4 to people 47 disconnected 31 balls earlier South African wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock ran him retired with a superb beingness of mind.

Axar Patel, however, did what helium had been sent for. He enactment up a 72-run concern with Kohli to instrumentality India to 106/4 successful 13.3 overs. India ended astatine 176/7 successful 20 overs. In reply, South Africa’s innings ended astatine 169/8. India won the T20 World Cup aft 17 years.

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Published: 01 Jul 2024, 03:03 PM IST