IPL 2022: Flop Indian XI from IPL Week 7
Gujarat Titans seal a playoff spot while Lucknow Super Giants are still in the top two reckoning.
7. Axar Patel
Delhi Capitals have had a disappointing IPL 2022 so far with inconsistent performances which were also not helped by Covid scares in their camp. In the absence of Prithvi Shaw with illness, much was expected from experienced all rounder Axar Patel to step up and contribute with both bat and ball.
Delhi forced CSK to bat first and Axar was subject to some quality batting from Conway who used his feet splendidly against the spinners. The left armer could not provide Delhi with any breakthroughs and returned with figures of 3-0-23-0. With the bat, he was dismissed off a beautiful inswinger from the impressive Mukesh Choudhary as CSK defeated Delhi by a huge margin to dent their NRR.
Delhi played a must win game against the Royals next and were bowling first. Apart from Ashwin and Padikkal who had a big partnership, nobody was able to score big as RR managed just 160 from their 20 overs. Axar though had another disappointing outing as he bowled only 2 overs with Padikkal well set and went for 25 runs. Delhi won comfortably and remained in the hunt for a qualifying spot.
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