Arjun Dev, Patil's long-time coach, watching on from the stands was over the moon. It felt like the duo of coach and his ward had planned for this and this execution was spot on from the bowler. "That is (preparing for the scenarios) something we take pride in is to prepare as much as we can," Dev told this daily. "Everyone says why do you have to practice so much? Why do you do that? That's what our job is. She always jokes that the off-season for me is like a season and during the season I'm actually relaxed because there's not much happening," he said.
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