What advice did Rohit and Kohli give to Axar Patel who went to bat at 34/3 in the T20 World Cup final?

Virat Kohli jokingly said, “Bapu, your bowling is amazing (Axar, your bowling is amazing)” Axar Patel Made his Test debut against England in 2021. While this statement still holds true, Axar showed his worth as a batsman when he became India’s unsung hero in their T20 World Cup 2024 win.

Axar Patel – India’s troubleshooter in the 2024 T20 World Cup

Although he scored 92 runs, two of Axar’s knocks were worth gold. Axar was India’s troubleshooter throughout the tournament, scoring 20 runs in a high-voltage match against Pakistan when the two teams faced each other. Virat Kohli And Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion. However, the innings that defined his stellar tournament came when India needed it the most. In the final of the T20 World Cup 2024 against South Africa, when India were 34/3, Chipped scored the bulk of the runs for India.

What did Rohit say to Akshar?

Recently, in an interview with Vimal Kumar on his YouTube channel, Akshar revealed some behind-the-scenes facts. He revealed that in the final, when India lost their second wicket in the form of Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid asked him to wear pads.

,When Rohit (Sharma) bhai got out and Rishabh (Pant) got out, Rohit bhai came, he was standing in front of me. I was sitting at one end of the dressing room and Rohit bhai was at the other end before he told me to ‘pad up’. I was opening my kit bag when Rahul Dravid sent the same message through Yuzvendra Chahal. I was padding up and at the same time Suryakumar Yadav got out” Axar Patel said.

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‘Gujarati relationship’ with Pandya and Virat Kohli an ideal partner

When Axar came to the crease, India’s score was 34/3 in 4.3 overs. Axar batted freely. He troubled the South African spinners, hitting a six each off Keshav Maharaj, Tabrez Shamsi and Aiden Markram and then hit a brilliant six off Kagiso Rabada. His innings also gave Kohli a chance to play his natural game.

In the same interview, Akshar also revealed that hardik pandyaHis Gujarati teammates, and Virat Kohli advised him.I didn’t even have time to think. I didn’t even look at the scoreboard. When I was going to the field, Hardik Pandya told me, ‘That’s it, I’ll go to the field.’Look at the ball and hit it‘ in Gujarati. He told me not to think about anything else. Then when I came to the crease, Virat (Kohli) bhaiya told me ‘Look, our score is 34/3 and we will carry this partnership for 8-9 overs. By then our score will be around 60/3. So that will be good and we can plan for the remaining overs from there. But if we lose more wickets, we will be even more on the backfoot.,,

,I hit a boundary on the first ball and then everyone else knows what I did. I always thought positive and played every ball accordingly,

Axar Patel T20 World Cup 2024 stats

• Batting – Runs: 92, Average: 30.66, SR: 139.39
• Bowling – Wickets: 8, Average: 15.5, Econ: 6.88, SR: 13.5
• Fielding – Catches: 4