'T20 World Cup title has brought confidence': Axar on win over SL
Updated On: 29 July, 2024 09:06 AM IST | Pallekele | R Kaushik
The man who sparked the meltdown was Axar Patel, the left-arm spinning all-rounder who has become crucial to India’s fortunes
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Nine for 30 in 32 deliveries is the textbook definition of a collapse of epic proportions. That’s precisely what played out at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Saturday, a full house scarcely able to believe its eyes as Sri Lanka tumbled to a 43-run humbling in the first T20I. Well on course to overhauling India’s 213 for seven at 140 for one after 14 overs, Sri Lanka never recovered from losing the set duo of Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera in the 15th over, tumbling to 170 all out.
The man who sparked the meltdown was Axar Patel, the left-arm spinning all-rounder who has become crucial to India’s fortunes. Axar finished with two for 38, though the Player of the Match award rightly went to skipper Suryakumar Yadav for his exceptional 58. “We knew that the game was on as it was not easy to hit the old ball,” Axar said later. “That was our idea. We always knew we were one wicket away from a collapse.”
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