IND vs NZ: Axar Patel Joins Elite List Of Bowlers

Ind vs NZ: On the last day of the contest on Monday, Axar Patel will be one of India’s primary weapons, with the hosts needing to pick up 9 wickets to win.

Since making his Test debut against England in February of this year, Patel has had a dream run in the longest format of the game.

Axar has already picked up his fifth five-wicket haul in Test cricket in just seven innings. Ensuring that the left-arm spinner joins an elite group of spinners. Who have reached the milestone quickly. Axar is now tied for second fastest in Test cricket with five 5-wicket hauls.

Patel is tied for second position with Australian Charlie Turner and Englishman Tom Richardson. Having each required seven innings to reach the milestone.

Rodney Hogg, Has the record for the fastest time to five five-wicket hauls in Test cricket. Which he achieved in in six innings.

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Axar Patel Joins Elite List Of Bowlers

Axar’s Test bowling has been outstanding, as he has made hitters’ lives difficult with his flight turn, and bounce. He began his career with figures of 2/40 against England and then went on to take three consecutive five-wicket hauls.

He was unlucky to only take four wickets in his next innings, but he followed that up with two consecutive fifers, the last of which came in the first innings of the continuing first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, where he finished with numbers of 5/62.

On the last day of the contest on Monday, Axar will be one of India’s primary weapons. With the hosts needing to pick up 9 wickets to win.

What’s been fascinating to see is how Axar has bowled despite the presence of two stalwarts in the team. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, and has, for the most part, outperformed his more illustrious colleagues in the contest.

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