Axar Patel: Today is 5th September. Duleep Trophy, one of the biggest tournaments of domestic cricket in India, has started. Under this, a match is being played between India C and India D. If we talk about this match, then India C won the toss and chose to field first.

India D, who came to bat first, has already come very close to victory on the first day. However, the credit for their better position goes to Axar Patel. The left-handed batsman played a brilliant innings and took his team out of a difficult situation and brought it to the threshold of victory.

Let us know the account of the first day in detail.

Axar Patel saved the honor of Shreyas's team

Axar Patel has built his image as a reliable player in Team India over the last few years.

Earlier he was effective only with the ball, but now this player from Gujarat is capable of making important contributions with the bat as well. The 30-year-old player has presented another example of this.

Actually, during the match between India D and India C in Duleep Trophy 2024, Akshar proved to be a troubleshooter for his team. At one time, his India D was forced to struggle after losing 8 wickets at a score of 176. However, here Akshar Patel averted the defeat of his team by playing an innings of 86 runs in 118 balls.

This innings included 6 fours and as many sixes.

Match score so far

Invited to bat first, the performance of the top order batsmen of India D was quite disappointing. Except Yash Dubey (10), the top-4 batsmen could not even touch the double digit mark. Captain Shreyas Iyer 9, Devdutt Padikkal 0, KS Bharat 13, Ricky Bhui were out after scoring 4 runs.

However, after this, thanks to the innings of Axar Patel, India D scored 164 runs in the first innings. In response, Rituraj Gaikwad's India C is struggling after losing 4 wickets at a score of 91 at the time of stumps.

Baba Indrajit (15) and Abhishek Porel (32) are currently present at the crease.