Yuzuvendra Chahal Says Axar Patel’s Batting In Trinidad Reminds Him of His Youthful Days

The Indian cricket crew defeated West Indies within the second ODI on Sunday to register an invisible lead within the sequence. Chasing a goal of 312, the Males in Blue obtained off to an abrupt begin after shedding three wickets earlier than placing 80 runs on the board. With half of the crew again within the pavilion on 205 runs within the thirty ninth over, the match seemed to be tilting in direction of the host. Nevertheless, Indiaโ€™s Axar Patel had some completely different plans. The all-rounder stitched essential partnerships first with Deepak Hooda after which with Avesh Khan to take the match right down to the wire.

With six wanted off the ultimate three deliveries, Axar hit Kyle Mayers straight over his head for a most to take India house in a nail-biting end. Submit the match, BCCI uploaded a video the place Yuzuvendra Chahal interviewed his teammates about dealing with the strain within the final overs. Whereas doing so, Chahal shared a hilarious tackle the victory and in contrast the strain of it to that of his wedding ceremony. โ€œI bit all my nails off. The strain was a lot sitting outdoors. Itna strain toh shaadi ke time nahi tha,โ€ Chahal mentioned initially of the video earlier than Axar and Avesh joined to share their mantras of dealing with strain.

Axar was adjudged Participant of the Match for his match-winning 64 off 35 balls and a wicket. Scoring his maiden ODI half-century, the southpaw hit 5 sixes and three boundaries.

Earlier, West Indies obtained off to a flying begin after electing to bat first. Whereas opener Hyle Mayers was dismissed after scoring 39 off 23 balls, Shai Hope held the innings collectively from one finish. Stitching a vital partnership with Sharmarh Brook and skipper Nicholas Pooran, Hope put the hosts in a snug place. Registering a ton, Hope scored 115 off 135 balls earlier than lastly getting dismissed by Shardul Thakur within the forty ninth over.

Thakur completed because the main wicket-taker for India getting 3 successes in his spell. Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel and Yuzuvendra Chahal completed with one wicket every.

With the sequence already of their grip, India will now look to register a clear sweep once they face the hosts at Queenโ€™s Park Oval on July 27.

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