IPL 2023: 4 Reasons Why Axar Patel Should Bat Up The Order for The Delhi Capitals

IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals’ all-rounder Axar Patel has hit a purple patch in his career as he has smoked runs in all three formats of the game in the past few months. He did the same in the DC vs MI game where he scored a quick-fire fifty to help his side post a competitive total

While the young all-rounder has been in supreme touch with the bat, there’s hardly any other in-form batter in the Delhi Capitals’ top order. Hence, they have already lost all four games that they have till now played in the IPL 2023.

Here are the 4 Reasons why Axar Patel should bat up the order for the Delhi Capitals side:

1. Axar Patel can attack any bowling lineup

Axar Patel can literally attack any bowling lineup in the Indian Premier League with the kind of batting skills he has shown this season. Moreover, he has got enough variety in his shots to bat against different bowling combinations.

The Delhi Capitals’ all-rounder has a career strike rate of 152.38 in International T20 games. In the cash-rich league, he has scored at a strike rate of 131.53 in the 126 games he has played till now.

2. He is in a great form

The kind of form Axar Patel has shown with the bat in the last year is incredible. In the three IPL 2023 matches, he has scores of 31* runs in 20 balls, 65 runs in 31 balls, and 21* runs in 9 balls. These scores clearly show that his form is much better than any other Delhi Capitals’ top-order batter.

Axar Patel hasn’t just scored in the IPL, he was in sublime form during the Border-Gavaskar Test series too. The left-handed batter scored three crucial half-centuries on turning tracks where most of the Indian batters failed to score big.

3. Axar Patel provides a left-hand option in the top order

Delhi Capitals’ have got the likes of Prithvi Shaw, Manish Pandey, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, and Lalit Yadav in their batting order. While all these are right-handed batters, Axar Patel provides the option to use the Right-hand left-hand combination at the top to rattle opponent bowlers.

With David Warner at the opening position and then Axar Patel in the top order, Delhi Capitals might tackle the spinners pretty well on turning tracks. The presence of only right-handed batters in their top order allows opponent teams to use leg spinners and left-arm spinners easily.

4. Excellent player of spin

Axar Patel is an excellent player of spin bowling and being a spinner himself understands the strategies of opponent spinners as well. He has played most of his domestic cricket on turning tracks in Gujarat and hence can easily attack spin bowlers.

Overseas batters like Rilee Rossouw, Rovman Powell, Mitchell Marsh, and even skipper David Warner have struggled against spinners in IPL 2023. Bringing Axar Patel into the top order will allow these overseas batters to play alongside an in-form batter who can easily tackle spin bowling.