Gautam gambhir on axar patel: The last match of the three ODI series between India and England was played in Ahmedabad, in which Team India won by a big margin of 142 runs. With this victory, Team India won this series 3–0. Head coach Gautam Gambhir came to the media after this victory. At the same time, when Gautam Gambhir was asked a question about the promotion of Akshar Patel in the press conference, Gambhir became aggressive. Gambhir defended his decision and clearly stated that this change is going to continue in the coming time.
In the first two matches of the ODI series between India and England, Akshar Patel was sent to bat before veterans like Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul. However, in the third ODI, he once again got a chance to bat after these two.
When he was questioned with Gambhir, he said, “Cricket should be played in this way. I know that many people talk about it, but we have to play the game in this way and this is how cricket should be played. It should play. The batting order is not about what the effect can be. “
Gautam Gambhir further said, “And this is about it … If you have the option to keep a quality left -handed player in the middle order, why will you not do this? Want to keep? “
This stand of Gautam Gambhir is completely different from the tenure of Rahul Dravid. During the tenure of Rahul Dravid, the management Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul were kept in the top-5 and all were right-handed batsmen. But during Gambhir’s tenure, more focus has been kept on left-right combination.
Gautam Gambhir further said on the matter, “We do not look at the average and figures and other things. We see who can perform better on that number.” Let me tell you, Akshar Patel first scored 44 runs while batting on number-4 against Sri Lanka. After this, he played an innings of 52 and 41 runs while playing against England on number-5.
Gambhir praised the Akshar, saying, “Akshar has performed brilliantly. He got a chance in both matches (against England), he did well for us. I know that people will always talk about it. But I will talk about it. It seems that we want to go in the same way in the future. ”
If we talk about the match, India defeated England by 142 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium and made a three-match ODI series 3-0 clean sweep. Batting first after losing the toss, India scored a mountain of 356 runs. Opener Shubman Gill played a brilliant innings of 112 runs off 102 balls. Shreyas Iyer (78) and Virat Kohli (52) also scored half -centuries.
The England team started chasing the target. Phil Soult and Ben Docket added 60 runs in 6.2 overs for the first wicket. Arshdeep Singh broke the partnership by dismissing Docket (34) in the seventh over of the match. In the ninth over, he also sent Salt (23) to the pavilion. After this, England’s wickets kept falling at consecutive intervals and the entire team was dismissed for 214 runs in 34.2 overs. For England, Tom Banton scored 38, Joe Root scored 24 and Harry Brook scored 19 runs. In the lower order, Gas Atkinson played a fast innings of 38 runs off 19 balls. However, none of these batsmen could score a big score.
(With input from IANS)
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