Ajit Agarkar would not have even imagined that the person who was shown the way out of India's T20I team would get such a reply!

 

Someone has rightly said that everything is a matter of time. What is there today may not be there tomorrow. And, there is something similar in what we are going to tell. The entire group of selectors, including Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar, would not have even imagined that they would get such a befitting reply from the same person whom they had dropped from India's T20 International team. But, look at the game of time. Only 24 hours after Agarkar and Company took that decision, the player gave a speechless reply. The name of the player who responded and was removed from the Indian T20I team is Axar Patel.

Now the question is how did Akshar Patel answer? Akshar, known as Bapu in the Indian cricket department, did this with his performance in T20I cricket. Now understand this entire issue in detail.

What happened to Akshar Patel on 30th November?

Date 30 November. The Indian selectors announced the team for the South Africa tour sitting in Delhi. The team was selected for all three formats: T20I, ODI and Test. The expectation was that Akshar Patel would be selected in T20I also. But when the team came, his name was only in the ODI format. Missing in T20 International. Now after 24 hours, Akshar Patel has proved that the decision taken by the Indian selectors of not selecting him in the T20 team is wrong.

What did Akshar Patel do on 1st December?

Date 1 December 2023. The fourth T20I of the 5-match series was played between India and Australia in Raipur. In this match, Akshar Patel might not be able to open the account with the bat. But, he compensated for that by reaching the highest level in bowling. He took 3 wickets for just 16 runs in 4 overs of bowling. He killed 3 out of the top 4 players of Australia. With this, Bapu i.e. Akshar Patel became the highest wicket taker after Jasprit Bumrah's 16 wickets in T20I against Australia. Axar Patel has 13 wickets in 7 matches against Australia in T20I.

Why no letters in T20I?

After the match, Akshar Patel revealed the secret of his great success and told that when he was away from Team India due to injury during the Asia Cup, he had worked hard on his bowling. What is visible now is the result of that. Akshar is also mentally strong. Never panics during a match under pressure. To understand his temperament better, the statement of Suryakumar Yadav, who is captaining in the T20 series, is enough that he likes to put Akshar Patel under pressure.

The team captain has this confidence because he knows that Akshar is capable of coming out of any difficult situation. He is equally fit for the T20I team as he is fit for the ODI team. But I don't know what came to the mind of the Indian selectors that they did not select Akshar in the T20I team for the South Africa tour.