India were 152/6 after 25 overs in the chase of 241 against Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. And out in the middle were Axar Patel and Washington Sundar the two all-rounders who had been waiting forever to get a longer rope in the Indian team.
Axar had been Ravindra Jadeja's understudy. Chances did not come easy for him. In the shortest format, Axar was getting his chances every now and then, but he was the ready backup otherwise.
It was only in the recent T20 World Cup, that India utilised Axar as he was supposed to.
He was promoted with the bat and Axar delivered. He was handed the ball and Axar delivered. If Rohit Sharma was setting the tone up front with Jasprit Bumrah plugging the hole with the ball, Axar was the constant in the middle.
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