Staff India snatched a well-known victory in opposition to West Indies within the second ODI in Trinidad on Sunday, twenty fourth of July, to seal the three-match ODI sequence 2-0. India’s man of the hour, Axar Patel, broke MS Dhoni’s 17-year-long standing document in ODIs throughout his match-winning belligerence.
The hosts dominated the match and had been wanting set on their solution to a series-leveling win till Axar Patel got here into bat for India within the thirty ninth over of the second innings, with the guests struggling at 205/5. The southpaw was hitting the ball crisply from the get-go and appeared like batting on a special observe from all the opposite Indian batters.
The all-rounder saved his cool in a record-breaking chase as wickets saved tumbling on the different finish. The southpaw registered his maiden ODI half-century off simply 27 deliveries after which completed the match in model with a humungous six down the bottom. His match-winning six was not solely paying homage to the times of MS Dhoni but additionally broke the previous Indian skipper’s document of hitting most sixes in a profitable run chase for India, batting at no.7 or decrease.
Notably, Dhoni had achieved the feat in 2005 when he smashed three sixes in opposition to Zimbabwe and former Indian explosive batter Yusuf Pathan additionally matched his tally twice in 2011. However Axar’s innings of 64 off 35 deliveries included 5 most, breaking the Indian legend’s 17- 12 months outdated document.
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I’d wish to proceed performing like this for my crew: Axar Patel
The left-arm spinner was India’s most economical bowler within the first innings and returned with commendable figures of 40/1 in his 9 overs, however it was his ballistic present with the bat that earned him the Participant of the Match award as he confirmed nerves of metal in an intense run chase. He expressed his need to proceed performing equally for the crew sooner or later in the course of the post-match convention.
“I feel this can be a particular one. It got here at an important time and in addition helped the crew to win the sequence. Now we have performed the identical within the IPL. We simply wanted to stay calm and preserve the depth up. I used to be taking part in an ODI after shut to five years. I’d wish to proceed performing like this for my crew,” mentioned Axar.
