IPL 2023: Best starting XI of DC after mini auction
DC bought Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt, Manish Pandey, Ishant Sharma and Mukesh Kumar at the IPL 2023 auction.
7. Axar Patel
Axar Patel has been a proven performer for India in the white-ball circuit. The 28-year-old has featured in 37 T20Is and bagged 34 wickets at an economy of 7.48. On the batting front, he has smashed 171 runs at a strike rate of 132.55.
The Gujarat-born has also shown his all-round prowess in the cash-rich league time and time again. He has strangled batters with his impeccable lines and lengths and bagged 101 wickets in 122 games at an economy of 7.25. Also, Axar has played crucial knocks slotting in at the lower-middle order and scored 1135 runs at a strike rate of 128.83.
The southpaw was brilliant with the bat in the previous IPL edition hammering 182 runs at a stunning strike rate of 151.67. However, Axar was mediocre with the ball and could pick only six scalps in those outings. DC would expect their gun all-rounder to be at his best in the forthcoming season.
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