“Plan Was To…”: DC Captain Axar Patel Reveals Thought Process Behind Mitchell Starc Masterstroke vs SRH

After the incredible 5-35 of Mitchell Starc has settled the Delhi’s basic base guaranteeing a victory with seven titles on Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Skipper Axar Patel estimated the movement to give the rhythm of the left arm a third right in Power-Play worked well, citing that it was in good pace. The match also marked the first time that Starc, which varied its pace very well, chose a five -counters in the T20 Cricket. Three of his counters came into the power game to push SRH on Backfoot. Giving Starc a plus in Power-Play led him to remove the dangerous Travis head, leaving SRH in a lamb at 37/4.

The two remaining camarapes of Starc came to the back of the sleeves, while SRH was overthrown for 163 in 18.4 Overs. “Plan was to give Starc deux Overs at the start and two overs at the end, but it was in good pace. Therefore, I gave him the third and he was able to choose an important counter,” said Axar after the end of the match.

Axar also said that he appreciated his life as a DC captain, with him revealing that he is taking the players’ suggestions seriously. With DC winning two home victories at Visakhapatnam, that place their things before returning to their place of origin – Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi to mid -April.

“I have already said that I will lead the team in the same way. You have to present yourself your game. You cannot easily take a game, there are 10 good teams. We have to focus on our plans and our processes. Today, we have managed to do it.”

“We have experienced players in the team, they give me suggestions. Sometimes I follow them. Like playing with these players. We have been playing Kotla for many years, we will have similar plans. We have to assess the conditions after going there. “

The Captain of the SRH, Pat Cummins, admitted that the team will have to look back some of its departments after having undergone two consecutive defeats. “We did not go, we did not get scoring on the board. Some bad shots, but the catches in the depths occur in this format of the game.”

“I do not think that it is a big margin, another day, you go with a few shots, everything did not go in the last two games, we can look back and think of different options. It is too early to worry about being two down, I hope that we will come back in the future, as I said, we have to take a look at some of our options.”

Cummins signed by praising the young Aniker Verma for hitting a brilliant 41-ball 74. “Entering the tournament, everyone was super impressed by him in front of the tournament (on Aniket Verma), was fantastic and gave us a half chance, was impressive with the way he did things (during net sessions and practice games).”

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