India are locking horns with the Australian cricket team in the second of the three-match T20I series. The game is being held at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.
Earlier, Australia beat India by 4 wickets in the first T20I and took the first lead in the series. Aussies are just a victory away from winning the ongoing T20I series.
Talking about the second game, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss after quite a long time and elected to bowl first. It’s a good toss to win for India as they will get a great chance to chase down the total.
The start of the game was delayed due to wet outfield. Fans breathed a sigh of relief upon knowing that the game would continue somehow after the umpires came up with a confirmation.
Axar Patel was brilliant
The second T20I reduced to eight overs per side owing to wet conditions. Meanwhile, Axar Patel had a sensational day at the office. The left-arm spinner accounted for two dismissals to his name.
He bowled two overs where he gave away 13 runs. Axar got rid of Glenn Maxwell and Tim David. Axar pitched the balls at the right line only to crash the stumps of both Maxwell and David.
India vs Australia playing XI for the second T20I
India
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Australia
Aaron Finch (c), Cameron Green, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Daniel Sams, Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Twitter Reactions:
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Axar Patel, nails it! 🎯
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) September 23, 2022
Wickets of Axar Patel in this series:
Finch
Green
Inglis
Green
David4-0-17-2 when Aus scored 211/6
2-0-13-2 in a 8 over game— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 23, 2022
Yet another fantastic spell by Axar Patel – 2/13 in 2 overs with one of them being in the Powerplay in a 8 overs game. Huge wickets of Maxwell and Tim David, excellent stuff from Axar! pic.twitter.com/ciuP70GGUl
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 23, 2022
Axar Patel cleans up Maxi for a golden duck.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 23, 2022
Never seen someone grab the opportunity like Axar Patel does. Can't remember the last time he failed to perform when he got the chance when Jadeja gets injured.
— Heisenberg ☢ (@internetumpire) September 20, 2022
Axar Patel is on fire – 2 wickets in just 7 balls and it's of Maxwell and now Tim David.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 23, 2022
Yet another brilliant spell this from Axar Patel. @RevSportz pic.twitter.com/WGvbvPPFif
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) September 23, 2022
Axar Patel 🔥🔥🔥
In an eight over game, where the rest of the bowlers are getting a pasting, he finishes with figures of 2-0-13-2!#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/9Uy8pWokqS
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) September 23, 2022
King Axar Patel today #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/x4CU57LCBH
— Rohit 🇮🇳 (@r00hiit) September 23, 2022
People laughed at us when we retained Axar Patel in IPL, he's easily best left arm spinner in India
— Shlok (@aegonaryaa) September 23, 2022
