Axar Patel said, "Wicket was Stopping and Keeping Low, Tried to Bowl in Right Areas."

 After a match-winning three-fer against England in the semifinals, Axar Patel said, 

"Wicket was Stopping and Keeping Low, Tried to Bowl in Right Areas."

 

Player of the Match went to Axar, who with his three-fer early on the powerplay started the English collapse. The Southpaw gave the English a shake and said he was happy that everything was going according to plan.

 

At the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Thursday, Team Indian defeated holders England by 68 runs to secure their spot in the final match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

With fifty runs from Rohit Sharma and forty-seven from Suryakumar Yadav, Indian totaled 171 before their bowling unit bowled England out for 103.

 

Player of the Match went to Axar Patel, who with his three-fer early on the powerplay started the English collapse. The Southpaw gave the English a shake and said he was happy that everything was going according to plan.

"It was the plan, I had to bowl in the powerplay because I had bowled in the powerplay before," he said.

The southpaw described how the wicket was sticky and how he tried to pitch the ball in the appropriate spots.

I made an effort to bowl in the appropriate spots since the wicket was halting and staying low. I wanted to bowl slower this game since the wicket was sluggish, and it worked for me," he said.

 

The spinner said, "It wouldn't have worked if I bowled quicker; it would have been easier for their batters."

He continued by saying that the hitters' contributions were helpful and that the team's spirits were high following a close victory.

"We felt that 160 was a good total because our batters told us that the wicket wasn't easy," he disclosed.

 

Axar praised the batsmen' efforts after Rohit and Suryakumar set up a vital 73-run partnership for the third wicket to stabilize the Indian innings.

The southpaw remarked, "That partnership between Rohit and SKY was magnificent; they rotated the strike and scored the occasional boundaries."

He said in closing that he would like to treasure the trophy and enjoy the victory today before turning his attention to the Saturday final vs South Africa.