Delhi Capitals (DC) all-rounder Axar Patel joined the squad after attaining complete recovery from COVID-19. DC posted on social media a video that showed Axar linking up with the squad after going through a mandatory quarantine as he had earlier tested positive for the virus earlier this month.
Captioning the video on Instagram, DC wrote: “Smiles and hugs all around as Bapu returned to the DC camp. Oh, how we missed you, @akshar.patel”. In the video posted by the Indian Premier League (IPL) team, Axar is seen engaging with Ishant Sharma and other DC teammates.
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That smile tells a story 💙
Welcome back to the field, @akshar2026 😍#YehHaiNayiDilli #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/tWX57z0Iho
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 23, 2021
Axar played a crucial role for the eth franchise when they reached the final of IPL 2020. Although he managed to scalp nine wickets from 15 matches, he maintained an economy rate of 6.41 runs per over meant he kept the runs down in the middle overs and helped maintain the pressure on opposition batsmen.
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Overall, Axar has taken 80 wickets from 97 IPL matches with his left-arm orthodox spinner in addition to 913 runs at a strike rate of 127.69 while batting in the lower order.
Axar had checked into a Mumbai hotel on March 28 with a negative COVID-19 test but in his second test result, he comes out as positive, DC had said in a media release before the commencement of IPL 2021. He was isolated at “a designated medical care facility”, DC had said, and he missed the team’s first four games.
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Delhi Capitals are currently placed third on the points table with three wins and six points from four games. They will be in action next on Sunday when they will be locking horns with SunRisers Hyderabad in Chennai.
