From Harsha Bhogle To Wasim Jaffer, Twitter Hails Axar Patel For His 6-Wicket Haul

The Indian cricket team is currently locking its horns with the England cricket team on Day1 of the much-awaited Pink-ball test at the Motera Stadium (now Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium). The talented Indian bowling line-up gave a hard-time to England’s batsmen. India’s Axar Patel picked a six-wicket haul and turned out to be the hero with the bat as the England batsmen struggled on the pitch to keep the runs flowing.

Axar kickstarted the game by dismissing Jonny Bairstow for a duck. Bairstow only lasted nine balls for no runs before he was sent back to the pavilion by Axar Patel. By lunchtime, Axar Patel has already snapped two out of the four wickets.

Axar’s second victim became Zak Crawley, who was one of the top-scorer for the visitors with 53 runs. Zak Crawley played an amazing knock and scored 53 runs off 84 balls, hitting 10 fours. Axar then went on to dismiss England’s vice-captain, Ben Stokes, who was removed after scoring 6 runs off 24 balls.

Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, and keeper-batsman Ben Foakes became the next three wickets of the Gujarat-born bowler. England cricket team could only last for 48.4 overs on-field, all thanks to the stunning performances of the Indian bowlers. While Axar picked six scalps, on the other hand, Ashwin and Ishant Sharma picked three and one wicket respectively.

Meanwhile, social media was soon flooded with amazing reactions from the fans to the brilliant performance by Axar Patel. From cricketers, cricket experts to fans, everyone took to their Twitter to hail the brilliance of Axar. There were many who came up with hilarious memes while expressing their thoughts.

Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:

@akshar2026 Take a bow. Consecutive fifer ??#INDvENG
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) February 24, 2021

Indian players taking ‘Vocal for Local’ a little too seriously. Ashwin in Chennai. Axar in Ahmedabad ?? #IndvEng
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 24, 2021

Well bowled @akshar2026 first one on the honours board at new stadium is Gujarat’s own ? No pressure @Jaspritbumrah93? Now ?? for a good show by batsmen under lights kyuki #INDvsENG #PinkBallTest pic.twitter.com/PTYAL0BDsA
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 24, 2021

Well bowled @akshar2026 !! Top stuff #INDvENG #PinkBallTest
— Mithun Manhas!! (@MithunManhas) February 24, 2021

Well done boys ?? @akshar2026 38/6 @ashwinravi99 26/3 @ImIshant 26/1
— Mohammad Shami (@MdShami11) February 24, 2021

Local boy axar.. What a performance @akshar2026 keep going #PinkBallTest #INDvENG @BCCI @StarSportsIndia
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 24, 2021

What an over from @akshar2026. Best one of the match so far.#INDvENG
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 24, 2021

Virat Kohli & Axar Patel – Great bowling, Great Captaincy. Both are happy. #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/qiRQjR9Uwe
— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) February 24, 2021

https://twitter.com/Vijaypbvk/status/1364560154230812678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1364560154230812678%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcricketaddictor.com%2Fcricket-news%2Ftwitter-hails-axar-patel-as-he-takes-a-six-wicket-haul-against-england-to-follow-with-his-fifer-on-test-debut%2F

Captain Virat Kohli’s Happiness when Axar Patel taken his 2nd Fifer in Tests. pic.twitter.com/WCot0DN9dj
— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) February 24, 2021

Second five-wicket haul for Axar Patel in 3 innings in Test cricket – dream start to his longer format career.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 24, 2021

FIFER! Axar Patel five wicket haul! He gets Broad who’s gone for 3. Jasprit Bumrah takes the catch. Amazing areas. England are 105/9! ????????? #INDvENG
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) February 24, 2021

AXAR! 6 wicket haul! How brilliant! And he finished with the beautiful clean bowl of Foakes. England all out for 112! ?????????#INDvENG
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) February 24, 2021

https://twitter.com/urmilpatel30/status/1364556798343208962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1364556798343208962%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcricketaddictor.com%2Fcricket-news%2Ftwitter-hails-axar-patel-as-he-takes-a-six-wicket-haul-against-england-to-follow-with-his-fifer-on-test-debut%2F

https://twitter.com/Fukkard/status/1364557050836049922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1364557050836049922%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcricketaddictor.com%2Fcricket-news%2Ftwitter-hails-axar-patel-as-he-takes-a-six-wicket-haul-against-england-to-follow-with-his-fifer-on-test-debut%2F

https://twitter.com/HarshRo45_/status/1364538539329863680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1364538539329863680%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcricketaddictor.com%2Fcricket-news%2Ftwitter-hails-axar-patel-as-he-takes-a-six-wicket-haul-against-england-to-follow-with-his-fifer-on-test-debut%2F

Outstanding from Axar Patel. Used the conditions perfectly. And the moment he got one to turn early, his quicker, skiddier ball was going to be the danger.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 24, 2021