The Indian all-rounder, Axar Patel made his Test debut in the second Test match against England on Saturday and dismissed the opposition skipper Joe Root to earn his maiden wicket. On Sunday, he managed to get Root to miscue a sweep shot and Ravichandran Ashwin took an easy catch to send back the England captain, who has been in tremendous form, back to the pavilion for a score of 6.
Speaking about him getting the crucial wicket of Joe Root as he first scalp in the longest format of the game, Axar Patel on Sunday said that he was extremely happy to dismiss the in-form batsman and had a plan against the England skipper.
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During a chat with Cheteshwar Oujara after the end of Day 2, Axar Patel was heard saying, “When I was watching the first Test I noticed that Joe Root plays a lot of sweep and reverse sweep shots, and I thought that with the speed that I bowl at, I had the opportunity to get him out, and I wanted my first wicket to be his dismissal.”
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He further added, “I thought that if he tries to sweep my delivery, he may get out LBW. When he went for the sweep shot and made the mistake, to get an in-form batsman who has recently hit multiple centuries and double centuries. You can see it in the video how happy I was to get the wicket.”
It was a dream debut for the left-arm spinner as he managed to get two important wickets of Joe Root and Moeen Ali and finished with bowling figures of 2-40 in his 20 overs.
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Axar was supposed to play the first Test against England as well but unfortunately, he got ruled out due to an injury and Shahbaz Nadeem was given an opportunity, but could not capitalize on the chance.
