‘I need to get somewhat more out of him at DC this year’: Ricky Ponting says about Axar Patel

Previous Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Tuesday uncovered how “minimal specialized changes” made while playing for Delhi Capitals assisted Axar Patel with forming into a viable hitter for India.

Ponting is expecting to “get somewhat more out of him” when he turns up for Delhi Capitals in this IPL.

“I’ve known Axar for quite a while and he was just a young man in the crew at Mumbai when I previously went there,” Ponting told the ICC Survey.

“I’ve known that there’s been a sure measure of batting expertise there that, truth be told, aside from the most recent few years, he hadn’t actually been appearing at IPL level or even at global level.

DC versus MI, MI versus DC, IPL 2022, DC ipl 2022, MI ipl 2022, sports news, indian expressAxar Patel of Delhi Capitals commends the success with Lalit Yadav, during the second T20 cricket match of the Indian Head Association 2022 (IPL season 15) between the Delhi Capitals and the Mumbai Indians. (Sportzpics for IPL/PTI Photograph)
“There were a couple of little method changes that we made with him. We just opened up his hips and his shoulders a tad. So he was a smidgen more chest-on towards the right-arm quick bowlers.” The 29-year-old bowling all-rounder didn’t make his IPL debut for MI in 2013. He prospered during his five-year stretch at Rulers XI Punjab and arose as one of the most incredible white-ball entertainers with some great show for the Delhi Capitals over the last four seasons.

Ponting, who is the mentor of Delhi Capitals, said Axar used to battle against the short ball right off the bat in his vocation.

“Assuming there was ever a shortcoming in his game, it was the short ball that was somewhat aimed at his body. The explanation that he was a piece feeble in that space was he was excessively side-on, and the ball was generally kind of in behind his right shoulder,” Ponting said.

“We just attempted to open him up a tad, which gave him somewhat more admittance to the ball. He’s forever been a delightful offside player. You know, his cover driving and cutting is on par with what anybody’s. What’s more, regardless, he was only a tad chomped excessively closed off to have the option to score well on the leg side.

Ricky Ponting with Delhi Capitals in the UAE. (DC)
“We changed a couple of things there and in light of the fact that he’s a decent youngster to work with, and he’s clearly exceptionally skilled, so consequently he was a quick student and had the option to get things actually rapidly and change his method enough to show great improvement truly right off the bat.”

“I need to get somewhat more out of him at DC this year”

Dazzled with his batting, Ponting needs to advance Axar a little up the request to get more out of him in this IPL.

“I need to get somewhat more out of him at the Delhi Capitals this year, that is without a doubt,” Ponting said.

“A couple of times last year we kind of batted him up somewhat higher. I believe he’s adequate to bat No.6 likely in an IPL group.” Ponting additionally feels Axar is fit for batting at No.6 or No.7 for India in the longest arrangement.

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“He’s the kind of player that I think could make a great deal of top of the line hundreds. That is where it must beginning for him, perhaps get some help in his state group and perhaps bat a smidgen up the request there.”