Axar Patel has bowled brilliantly for Team India on many occasions. He maintained his form and performed amazingly in the Hyderabad Test too. Akshar bowled dangerously and dismissed Jonny Bairstow. The first match of the Test series will be played between India and England at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. The English team is currently on the defensive in this game, which started on Thursday.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Ben Stokes' team scored 165 runs after losing seven wickets in 52 overs. Meanwhile, Jonny Bairstow came to bat at number five. Bairstow batted well. But he couldn't stay on the field for long. Bairstow was eliminated after scoring 37 runs in 58 balls. He hit 5 fours. Akshar dismissed Bairstow.
In fact, Akshar bowled the 33rd over for India in England's first innings. Bairstow got away on the fourth ball of that over. Before they could understand anything, the ball hit the stumps. In this way he became brave. BCCI shared a video of Akshar's bowling on X.
We tell you that Jack Crowley was eliminated after scoring 20 runs in the first innings for England. He faced 40 balls and hit 3 fours. Ben Duckett was eliminated after 35 runs. He scored 7 runs in 39 balls. Ollie Pope retired after scoring a run. Joe Root returned to the pavilion after scoring 29 runs. Ben Fox retired after scoring 4 runs. At the time of writing, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin took two wickets each for India. Jasprit Bumrah also had success.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗮𝗪𝘀. 𝗔. 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁!@akshar2026 with his first wicket of the game 👏 👏
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