Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel was unable to participate in the match played against Mumbai Indians due to injury. Due to the unavailability of Akshar Patel in the match played against Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals had to face defeat.
Now the Delhi team has to play its next match against Punjab Kings on 24 May. This match is to be played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. However, there is no confirmation yet about his availability in the upcoming match. After the defeat against Mumbai Indians, the Delhi Capitals team is completely out of the playoff race. However, the Delhi team would definitely want to register a win in their remaining one league match.
Before the match against Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals assistant coach Matthew Mott revealed about Axar Patel,
‘𝑻𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕? 𝑯𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏.’
In IPL 2025, Axar Patel has scored 263 runs and also took 5 wickets
While playing for Delhi Capitals, Axar Patel has left his mark not only with the bat but also with the bowling. He has performed very well and won the hearts of the fans.
Let us tell you that, all-rounder Axar has so far scored 263 runs in 11 innings in IPL 2025 at an average of above 26 and a strike rate of 157.48, while also taking 5 wickets. It will be interesting to see how quickly he is able to make a comeback?
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