Axar Patel Fifty – IND vs SL Highlights: All-rounder Axar Patel batted his heart out against SriLanka but failed to win the contest. To note, the left-handed batter slammed his maiden fifty in the T20I format. He also edged past India’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja in a unique record. Axar now has the highest individual score by an Indian in a men’s T20I batting at No.7 or lower. The previous best was 44* by Ravindra Jadeja in 2020. Despite his heroics, the Men in Blue lost the second T20I by a margin of 16 runs at the MCA, Pune. Watch IND SL 2nd T20 Highlights on Disney+Hotstar & Follow India vs SriLanka LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN.
IND vs SL Highlights: Axar Patel heroics go in vain, SriLanka level series…
Axar Patel Fifty: Bappu comes to India’s RESCUE in Ravindra Jadeja’s absence, smashes MAIDEN half-century off 20 balls in Pune after BIG LIFELINE, Watch IND vs SL Highlights
Before this game, not many of the cricket fans would have expected Axar Patel to register his name in the list of fastest fifty for India in the T20I format of the game. However, the southpaw has surprised everyone and smacked the joint 5th fastest fifty for India alongside Yuvraj Singh off just 20 deliveries against Sri Lanka in the 2nd T20I on Thursday.
This is also the second fastest half-century by an Indian against the Lankan side in T20I cricket after Gautam Gambhir’s 19-ball fifty in 2009. Axar notched up a hattrick of sixes in Sri Lanka’s premier spinner Wanindu Hasaranga’s over and also brought up his fifty with an amazing six.
Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh is on top of the table with an incredible half-century off only 12 balls against England during the 2007 T20 World Cup where he also smashed as many as 6 sixes in a single over.
Follow InsideSport on GOOGLE NEWS / Follow IND vs SL Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
