Nagpur: In the second T20 match played against Australia, India defeated the visiting team by 6 wickets and registered their first win in this series. Australia won the first match of the three-match T20I series. At the same time, now India won the second match and leveled the series 1-1.
Rain disturbed the second T20 match played in Nagpur. So the match had to be reduced to 8-8 overs only. Batting first, Australia scored 90 runs in 8 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. India achieved this target with 4 balls to spare. Two players have been instrumental in this victory of India.
Captain Rohit Sharma and bowler Axar Patel. While batting brilliantly, Rohit Sharma played an unbeaten innings of 46 runs in 20 balls. At the same time, Axar Patel troubled the players of Australia while bowling economical. After this match, Yuzvendra Chahal interviewed Akshar on BCCI TV. During this, Chahal has made a disclosure about Axar Patel.
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During the post-match conversation, Chahal said that, we have given a new nickname to Akshar. He is the ‘Dandiya’ King of Team India. At the beginning of this interview, Chahal asked Akshar, ‘What were you feeling today, the way our bus was stuck in traffic, it seemed that we would be able to reach the stadium.’
On this, Axar Patel said, ‘Looking at the way we were stuck in the traffic today, it did not seem that we would be able to reach the stadium today. There was a board of Nagpur and Hyderabad in the middle, seeing which I thought that now only Hyderabad goes directly from here. After that we took a wrong turn and luckily we reached the stadium on time.
From traffic blues to bowling plans to @yuzi_chahal coining a new nickname for @akshar2026,
This edition of Chahal TV following the second #INDvAUS T20I has it all. – By @RajalArora
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Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first. He gave the second over to Axar Patel. The captain’s decision proved to be correct. Akshar took 2 wickets in his 2 overs. At the same time, he gave only 13 runs in his 2 overs.
After this, Chahal asked Axar Patel about his strategy in the second T20. To which Axar said, ‘When I started bowling, I knew that there is not much help for the bowlers on the pitch. So my plan was to bowl wicket to wicket. I was constantly changing my line and length. This strategy of mine worked. He further said that since it was a short match, I knew that the batsmen would target the bowlers with the very first ball. So I bowled simple. You have to be brave in such times.’
During this interview, Chahal said that, ‘We have named Akshar Chahal as ‘Dandiya King’, who is very famous in Gujarat and seeing the way he is playing dandiya of wickets at this time, we have given this name to Akshar. Named.’