‘Axar is filling Jadeja's void well’: Gavaskar hails ‘unbelievable’ fielding

NEW DELHI: India fable Sunil Gavaskar lavished praise connected vice-captain Axar Patel for his breathtaking fielding show successful India’s nerve-wracking T20 World Cup semifinal triumph implicit England astatine Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Gavaskar adjacent compared Axar’s interaction successful the tract to that of Ravindra Jadeja, saying the all-rounder has stepped up to capable the void near by 1 of India’s top fielders.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!India had earlier piled up a mammoth 253/7, powered by a blistering sound from

Sanju Samson

. England’s chase, however, threatened to derail India’s hopes arsenic Jacob Bethell produced a sensational period to support his broadside firmly successful the contest.

But Axar’s brilliance successful the tract repeatedly halted England’s momentum.The archetypal infinitesimal of magic came aboriginal successful the pursuit erstwhile Jasprit Bumrah deceived

Harry Brook

with a slower delivery. Brook miscued the changeable precocious implicit cover, and Axar sprinted backmost astir 24 metres earlier diving guardant to implicit a stunning drawback inches supra the turf.

ALSO READ: Axar Patel picks tougher of his 2 ‘out of this world’ catches — Watch & take yours“Axar Patel's drawback to disregard Harry Brook was unbelievable. Brook tin instrumentality the crippled distant and you person to drawback each accidental to get his wicket and Axar did that,” Gavaskar said portion speaking connected JioHotstar.“He ran 24 meters distant from his fielding spot, kept his eyes connected the ball, balanced himself and took the catch. Unbelievable stuff.”Axar wasn’t done yet. Later successful the innings, erstwhile

Will Jacks

threatened to propulsion England person to the daunting people alongside Bethell, Axar produced different infinitesimal of brilliance.

Chasing a sliced changeable toward heavy point, helium ran hard crossed the turf, grabbed the shot portion losing equilibrium adjacent the bound enactment and cleverly relayed it to Shivam Dube, who completed the catch.“He besides played a cardinal relation successful Will Jacks’ dismissal. The Bethell-Jacks concern was taking the crippled away. But Axar ran to his left, grabbed the shot and smartly passed it to Shivam Dube,” Gavaskar added.Gavaskar believes Axar’s emergence arsenic a implicit cricketer mirrors the interaction Jadeja erstwhile had for India.“With his batting and bowling, Axar is going to beryllium 1 of India’s large players. We had Ravindra Jadeja earlier him and Axar is filling that void well,” helium said.