Neither Rohit Sharma's bat worked in the final of T20 World Cup 2024 nor did Pant and Surya score runs. Axar Patel played a stormy innings on the Barbados ground, scoring 47 runs in just 31 balls. This left-handed batsman hit 4 sixes and a four in his innings and his strike rate was more than 151. But during this excellent innings, Axar Patel made a mistake which cost Team India.

What mistake did Akshar make?

When Akshar Patel was batting brilliantly and the South African bowlers were on the backfoot, this player made a childish mistake in the 14th over and lost his wicket.

Actually, Virat Kohli tried to play a shot on Rabada's ball but the ball went into the hands of wicketkeeper De Kock. During this, Akshar Patel was in the middle of the pitch. De Kock caught the ball and did not throw it at once. He stopped for a few moments. Akshar thought that De Kock would not throw now but this player quickly threw the ball at the non-striker end and the ball hit the stumps directly. During this, Akshar Patel remained out of the crease and he was run out.

Due to this mistake of Akshar, he not only missed his half-century but also his and Virat Kohli's set partnership was broken.

Akshar shared a partnership of 72 runs in 54 balls with Virat. However, Akshar's contribution in this was 47 runs in 31 balls. By the way, if Akshar had stayed on the crease for some more time, then the run rate of Team India could have been faster.

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Akshar's best batting

Akshar Patel stepped on the crease after Suryakumar Yadav was out. Team India lost three wickets in the powerplay. After this, Akshar was entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining a partnership with Virat and this player was successful in this task. While on one hand Virat Kohli was looking troubled in front of the South African bowlers, on the other hand Akshar attacked them. Akshar hit 4 excellent sixes in his innings and due to these boundaries, Team India also reached a good score.