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great find for India.....possibly the current best spinner of India......and could be a threat in the world cup as his balls would be much faster on those pitches
 
imranq said:
Like him. Action looks suspicious sometimes though
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It is very much at some deliveries, 20 degrees at extension. We need pic proof lol. His stock looks fine, except when he throws the quicker and bouncier one.
 
Action definitely looks suspect. Hope he is reported soon.
 
Another tidy performance by Patel today. His batting looks more solid than Jadeja's - he has a good batting brain.
 
Gabbar Singh said:
It's a nice problem to have. And then there is Karn Sharma and Parvez Rasool knocking at the door too.
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Rasool and Karn are mediocre. Its such a shame BCCI turned a blind eye on Kuldeep Yadav. He should have been on that flight to Australia in place of Karn.
 
He is a darter, he will get found out soon to be easy meat and drink.
 
He was my classmate in School!!!!
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Rawstar said:
He was my classmate in School!!!!
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Tell us about him. How long have you known him ? Did you always knew that he was going to be an international cricketer ? How is he in school ? Was he a ladies man :afaq ?
 
Thivagar said:
Tell us about him. How long have you known him ? Did you always knew that he was going to be an international cricketer ? How is he in school ? Was he a ladies man :afaq ?
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Studied 11th and 12th(two) years with him.
He was good at cricket that time.Knew from his parents(when I used to visit his home)that he started playing from 4th standard.One of his childhood friend told me that He used to bowl fast bowling at that time when he was not serious about cricket and just to show off fast bowling skills and try actions of various bowlers(he was good at).When I used to visit his house,his parents always taunted him to learn from me(I was good at study) though his parents were very supportive from start.
Now I am in 3rd year of mbbs.and he is in Indian team.Proud of him!!!
 
Thivagar said:
Tell us about him. How long have you known him ? Did you always knew that he was going to be an international cricketer ? How is he in school ? Was he a ladies man :afaq ?
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And surely was nt ladies man!![emoji2] [emoji2] [emoji1]
 
Thivagar said:
Tell us about him. How long have you known him ? Did you always knew that he was going to be an international cricketer ? How is he in school ? Was he a ladies man :afaq ?
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He was knocking at the door of Gujarat ranji team at that time.je was star in local tournaments.He is good batsman also but he has nt got Any chance to show his batting skills at international level.After 1 or1.5 year later our 12 th got place in Gujarat team.Was Proudest moment for us to have cricketer from small city of nadiad in state team.We never imagined he will got selected for national team.In Ipl 6 he had contract with Mumbai Indians.Used to tell me that only some games in ipl and he can prove his talent.Finally in Ipl 7 was he was lucky in got selected in Punjab team.Two months later we came to know that he is selected for Indian team.Proudest moment for our city amd school.When he played his 1st odi against Bangladesh(although he didnt do much in that match)I skipped my practical exams.[emoji2] [emoji2] [emoji2]
 
Rawstar said:
He was knocking at the door of Gujarat ranji team at that time.je was star in local tournaments.He is good batsman also but he has nt got Any chance to show his batting skills at international level.After 1 or1.5 year later our 12 th got place in Gujarat team.Was Proudest moment for us to have cricketer from small city of nadiad in state team.We never imagined he will got selected for national team.In Ipl 6 he had contract with Mumbai Indians.Used to tell me that only some games in ipl and he can prove his talent.Finally in Ipl 7 was he was lucky in got selected in Punjab team.Two months later we came to know that he is selected for Indian team.Proudest moment for our city amd school.When he played his 1st odi against Bangladesh(although he didnt do much in that match)I skipped my practical exams.[emoji2] [emoji2] [emoji2]
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Wow' that is intense :murali
 
Akshar Patel - Biggest threat to Pakistan team?

Akshar Patel in my opinion could be the game changer on 15th February.He has been performing for India since making his debut and is also useful late order batsman.Whether he chucks or not thats not the question but he can take important wickets for India and he also removed the danger man Warner today who scored 100.
 
Like Moeen bhai, Axar Patel too is a harmless bowler who needs to be given the respect he deserves. If you get too adventurous against him, he will be in business.
 
Considering our previous record against left arm spinners :herath , him and jadeja could cause a few problems
 
AKsar Patel on his way to join the club which includes "Amit Mishra, Imran Tahir, Nathan Hauritz, Marcus North and Kyle Abbott"
 
The way we are batting, any bowler is a threat at the moment.

Give Kapil Dev the ball now and even he would look a threat against the Pakistan line-up.
 
Pakistan will kill him on 15th. Adelaide looks a very short ground and even miscued hits go for sixes :afridi
 
Pakistan have this gracious habit of making everyone from any team who plays for the first time against them, regardless of his talent or class, a match winner for that particular game.
 
pakistan will smash him.....i can imagine :afridi smashing this sorry bowler all over the park
 
Takes wickets or no against us, he is a not ready for international cricket or simply not good enough.
 
desi_launda said:
he hasn't swung the ball in decades.Binny is more dangerous swing bowler.
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Last I saw him was at CT2013 and he was swinging it miles. Was completely unplayable for batsmen of our caliber. Then in T20WC 2014 he was an extremely handy new ball bowler and choked the flow of runs.

Something must have radically changed for him to lose that swing.
 
How many spinners will India play? I mean Jadeja and Ashwin are more experienced than Patel and the formers are also good batsmen like Patel, but Patel has struggled with bat in Aus.
 
LegendInzi said:
Last I saw him was at CT2013 and he was swinging it miles. Was completely unplayable for batsmen of our caliber. Then in T20WC 2014 he was an extremely handy new ball bowler and choked the flow of runs.

Something must have radically changed for him to lose that swing.
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These are different conditions. He will be dangerous in England, but don't think he is a big threat in Aus with that pace. But then again, any bowler can rip through our batsmen.
 
Firebreaker said:
Akshar Patel in my opinion could be the game changer on 15th February.He has been performing for India since making his debut and is also useful late order batsman.Whether he chucks or not thats not the question but he can take important wickets for India and he also removed the danger man Warner today who scored 100.
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Hell no,
he will receive phainte of his life. he cant bowl well in aussi conditions.
Umesh and Shami will take wicket,
 
OP seems to be getting haunted by players who may not be even in the first 11
 
Bhuv Kumar always does well against Pak .. will be happy if atleast pak puts up a fite...a win does not look realistic..
 
Since Ajmal is no longer playing, a more suitable title would be: Akshar Patel: Biggest Chucker against the Pakistan Team
 
Players who usually perform against Pakistan tend to follow some of the following criteria:

1. Have been out of form and are struggling for runs or wickets
2. Appear to be a very minimal threat (Joginder Sharma, Nathan Hauritz, Marcus North-bowling)
3. Are predicted to get a hammering by Pakistan
 
Have seen him bowl. He's decent.

However, yes Pakistan does have a history of not doing very well against new comers :))
 
He is a darter, you could easily pick his variations and it is easier to attack him than try to defend him. it is easier to attack Herath, Axar, Jadeja, Senanayake, Root and Clarke than try to defend off them.
 
Not a very skilful bowler just fires them in, he is the type of bowler you don't go after as can be hard to put away but if you play him on merit he should go for plenty.
 
Durham County Cricket Club sign Indian international Axar Patel

DCCC sign Indian international Axar Patel

Durham County Cricket Club is delighted to announce that Indian star Axar Patel will join the club for the final six Specsavers County Championship fixtures of the 2018 season.

The international spinner has enjoyed success in first-class cricket for state side Gujarat and is a key part of India’s T20I & ODI squads, as well as the King’s XI Punjab’s IPL side.

Patel will arrive at Chester-le-Street mid-August and will make his debut against Glamorgan at the SSE SWALEC ground on Sunday 19 August.

The all-rounder will then play three four-day fixtures at Emirates Riverside against Northamptonshire, Sussex and Middlesex and will face Leicester at the Fischer County Ground and Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

After making his first-class debut in 2012, Patel took his maiden five-wicket haul in just his second match for Gujarat, returning figures of 6-55 in 45 overs against Delhi.

Overall, he has taken 79 first-class wickets in 23 matches, including 14 in two matches for India ‘A’ against South Africa ‘A’ in 2015.

Patel has one first-class hundred to his name, an unbeaten 110 against Baroda in 2016, & has scored a further ten half centuries in scoring 1,163 first-class runs at a lofty average of 48.45.

In limited overs cricket, the 24-year-old has represented India 49 times – 38 in ODIs & 11 in T20Is – & is a significant part of the Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League.

Patel is currently 14th in the ICC ODI bowling rankings.
 
Stupid signing, axar is a rubbish player, surely Durham must have better players than him.
 
Which pak players have signed county deals? I think it would be great if fakhar, babar and talat could get county deals. Young pak batsmen would benefit immensely and would help their development
 
Canford Cliffs said:
Should play in Asia cup inplace of Chahal.
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No man I don't think so. Axar is the perfect 5th bowler. But Chahal is a genuine wicket taker and can also keep it tight. Even when the Englishmen went after Kuldeep in the last 2 ODIs, Chahal went under 5 RPO.
 
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Always rated him and he is having a great test match here. Could have been a great career if not for Jadeja.
 
Cant say anything yet he has bowled on pitches (Mud really) which were designed for test match lasting no more than 2 / 3 days.
 
Will probably be Jadeja long term replacement. He has shown in the IPL that he can play a holding role. So don't just think he is a specialist on rank turners.
 
During the MoM award he finally clears the Wasim bhai nickname that Pant keeps calling him. It's because of the pace of his arm ball :wasim
 
His accuracy and pace make his arm ball a big threat . Shahbaz nadeem was much slower and, therefore , easily played by the english batsmen. This guy's speed and accuracy means that the likes of root cant really play back to him for fear of getting pinned and makes the sweep a much riskier option.
 
He will have a harder time on the roads. He looks accurate so he may still do the job of keeping it tight.
 
Axar Patel (11/70) now has the best match figures for any bowler in D/N Tests.

Previous best being Pat Cummin's 10/62 against Sri Lanka in Brisbane in 2019/20.
 
Jadeja should walk right back in Indian conditions. Not just for his superior bowling, but for his batting that has finally started to flower after wasting our time for so many years. Outside the subcontinent, don't think Axar would even be in the reckoning. But Jadeja coming in doesn't mean Axar should be out as I'd prefer him over Sundar despite the latter's superior batting skills.

Someone like Shane Watson - can imagine that front foot of his hovering in the air and planting itself firmly down, once he'd assessed the spot where Axar was going to metronomically land, before slog-sweeping him to nothingness. Don't know if Axar has anything to offer when he comes up against a gutsy batsman. Remember Dhoni smashing him for 4 or 5 sixes to win a final over game in the IPL. It was the last game of the season and I watched it, wrongly thinking it would be Dhoni's farewell game :(

Stokes can take Axar on, but ever since that first innings knock, he's batted like an Englishman rather than with the courage of someone from the land of Brendon McCullum :rabada2
 
Bowled well but I will wait before I can call him Jadeja's replacement. Root got a 5fer on this pitch supposedly against the best players of spin. :inti
 
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