Tomorrow he may be pretty much as good as Jadeja

It’s a identified reality in cricketing circles that MS Dhoni has a watch for recognizing expertise and grooming them to be match-winners. Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and plenty of others would vouch for a similar. And, it was Dhoni who made a giant prediction on present Crew India star Axar Patel method earlier than the remainder of the world woke as much as acknowledge his expertise.

Axar made his worldwide debut again in June 2014 in an ODI in opposition to Bangladesh in Mirpur. In the previous couple of years, the cricketer has come into his personal in each the batting and bowling departments. Nevertheless, Dhoni had predicted a vibrant future for Axar method again in January 2015. Talking after an ODI match in Australia, the then Indian captain had commented:

“Axar, everyone knows, can bat too. Tomorrow he may be pretty much as good as [Ravindra] Jadeja. With them, you may also have the choice of enjoying two left-arm spinners if wanted, relying on the opposition.

“We must see if Axar may be our demise bowler. But when we are able to groom him, why not?” the previous keeper-batter had added.

Axar has featured in 15 Assessments, 71 ODIs and 83 T20I thus far. In Check matches, he has picked up 57 wickets at a mean of 19.66, with 5 five-fers. With the bat, he has scored 688 runs, with 4 fifties. In ODIs, he has 75 scalps and 858 runs. Taking a look at his T20I numbers, the 31-year-old has picked up 79 wickets at an economic system fee of seven.25 and has scored 637 runs at a strike fee of 137.87.

When MS Dhoni struck three last-over sixes in opposition to Axar Patel within the IPL

Dhoni has been a mentor to many children within the Indian staff. Nevertheless, within the IPL, he has given a troublesome time to a lot of such gamers along with his unbelievable hitting abilities. Axar was additionally on the receiving finish of the Indian legend’s brilliance with the willow in an IPL match a few years in the past.

In match quantity 53 of IPL 2016, performed between Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) and Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) in Visakhapatnam, Dhoni clobbered three sixes off Axar within the final over of the match. Due to his heroics, RPS received the thrilling contest by 4 wickets off the final ball.

Chasing a goal of 173, RPS wanted 23 runs off the final over. Dhoni struck three magnificent sixes (together with one off the final ball) and one 4 to raise the Supergiants to a memorable win. The keeper-batter was named Participant of the Match for his gorgeous knock of 64*, which got here off simply 32 balls. The innings featured 4 fours and 5 sixes. Axar ended the sport with figures of 1-43.