5 reasons why Axar Patel should always be played ahead of Ravindra Jadeja in ODIs

#2 Better Wicket taking ability

Axar is not as experienced as Jadeja in ODIs. Jadeja has a vast experience of playing in 136 ODIs whereas Axar has only played in 33 ODIs till date. However, within this short period of time, he has displayed a much better wicket taking ability than his senior.

Axar has picked up 40 wickets so far in his ODI career at a strike rate of 40 which is better than that of Jadeja who has 155 wickets to his name but at a strike rate of 43.91. The number of ODIs that he has played so far might not seem to be enough to compare him with Jadeja’s skills. However, when their List-A records are compared, those numbers tell the same story as well.

Axar has a strike rate of 38.8 in picking up 120 wickets from 90 List A matches. Jadeja lags behind here also. He has a strike rate of 41.3 in picking up 216 wickets from 181 List-A matches.