Asia Cup 2023: Can Axar Patel fulfil Jadeja's slot?

Workforce India offers with one other main blow since Ravindra Jadeja has been dominated out of the rest of Asia Cup 2023. Earlier, toe-crusher Jasprit Bumrah was expelled, which was meant to be affecting their bowling line-up. As of now, lacking all-rounder providers is one other sturdy blow.

Jadeja, properly settled with the bat and the ball, suffered a knee damage, ending his Asia Cup 2023 tenure., This isn't the primary time he has sustained a knee damage. Nevertheless, the board didn't really feel the severity of it final time when the all-rounder confronted the identical difficulty throughout Ind vs WI ODI series.

He has been changed by Axar Patel, who's the like-for-like alternative. Nevertheless, Patel’s batting enterprise is way beneath common compared to senior Jadeja. The teenager can both be a perk for the facet or a burden, relying on the method he follows. It's now to see how properly he matches himself into Jadeja’s slot.

The newly-named alternative has performed six Exams, 44 ODIs, and 25 T20Is. Whereas donning the Indian jersey within the talked about variety of video games, he has plucked 39, 53, and 21, respectively, alongside 197, 273, and 147 runs. Then again, Jadeja has featured in 60 Exams, 171 ODIs, and 64 T20Is with 2523, 2447, and 457, and 242, 189, and 51 scalps to his identify sequentially.

Axar was one of many standby gamers the Board of Management of Cricket in India (BCCI) earlier named and can be part of the group in a brief course. Notably, the boys in blue will encounter Pakistan of their first match of the Tremendous 4 spherical, scheduled for Sunday. Nevertheless, Pakistan’s qualification for Tremendous 4 is determined by their victory over Hong Kong within the present Group Stage match happening.

Undoubtedly, Jadeja was India’s important cog in each of their first spherical’s matches versus Pakistan and Hong Kong, respectively. His batting within the center will certainly be missed. Since India are scheduled to host Australia and South Africa earlier than their T20 World Cup 2023 enterprise, they hope for a fast restoration of Jadeja.

Speedy Restoration, Jaddu! Come again stronger than ever!#AsiaCup2023 #WhistlePodu ???????? @imjadeja pic.twitter.com/zjuKx19eNQ

— Chennai Tremendous Kings (@ChennaiIPL) September 2, 2023

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