South Africa vs India 2018, 3rd T20I: Hits and Misses

South Africa v India - T20 International
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#2 Miss: Axar Patel

It was a bad day for the off-spinner
It was a bad day for the off-spinner

This miss comes off bad fortune more than it does off a bad performance. The off-spinner had warmed the bench for India since the ODI series began and his chance to feature in the playing XI came in the last game of the T20I series.

However, it was an extremely forgettable outing on the field for Axar Patel.

On his first delivery, he had the chance to get a wicket when Heinrich Klaasen hit it straight to Shardul Thakur at long on. However, the seamer made a mess of an easy catch and dropped the South African keeper.

The Kings XI Punjab bowler was absolutely belted by Duminy in the next two deliveries, which yielded 12 runs. The rest of the over was relatively quiet, but the damage was already done.

In the one over that Patel got to bowl throughout this tour, he gave away 16 runs and a catch was dropped too. Can't get much worse, can it?

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