Axar Patel slams vital 52 in 1st ODI versus England
06 Feb 2025

Axar Patel showed his heroics with the bat in the first ODI versus England in Nagpur on Thursday.

Chasing 249 runs, Axar walked in at number 5 when India were 113/3. Axar joined hands with Shubman Gill and the two added 108 runs for the 4th wicket.

Axar looked solid with the bat before being dismissed by Adil Rashid.

India won the contest thereafter.

3rd fifty for Axar in ODIs
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Axar scored 52 runs from 47 balls. He slammed six fours and a six. This was his 3rd fifty in ODIs. Across 40 innings, he has smashed 620 runs at 20.66. This was his maiden fifty at home.

Axar knew he could get a promotion in batting
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After the match, Axar said he knew in advance that a batting promotion could be on offer.

"I knew in advances that I could get a promotion because of left-right combo. We were trying to take calculative assaults (in the partnership with Gill)."

On bowling, he said India wanted to bowl in the right areas as the surface had something for spinners.