Axar Patel Joins Ravindra Jadeja In Elite List After India's Win vs Afghanistan In 2nd T20I

Indian all-rounder Axar Patel completed 200 wickets in the T20 format and joined senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja in an elite company. Patel reached this milestone during India's second T20I against Afghanistan in Indore on Sunday. In the match, Axar continued his good form with the ball, taking 2/17 in his quota of four overs. He took the wickets of skipper Ibrahim Zadran and Gulbadin Naib, who was looking dangerous after scoring a half-century. Now in his T20 career, Axar has 200 wickets at an average of 27.95 and an economy rate of 6.97. His best bowling figures are 4/21.

The leading wicket-taker in T20 cricket is West Indies legend Dwayne Bravo (619 wickets in 564 matches). For India, the leading wicket-taker in T20 cricket is veteran spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (336 wickets in 290 matches).

Axar is the only Indian to have both 2000-plus runs and 200 or more wickets in T20 cricket. In 234 matches, he has also scored 2,545 runs at an average of 22.52 and a strike rate of over 134 with five half-centuries. His best score is 70*.

The 35-year-old Jadeja also has 3,382 runs in 310 T20s at an average of 25.42 and a strike rate of 129.33. He has just two half-centuries in 222 innings, with the best score of 62*. He has also taken 216 wickets at an average of 29.87 and an economy rate of 7.57, with the best bowling figures of 5/16.

Coming to the match, India opted to field first and troubled Afghanistan with frequent wickets. Gulbadin Naib (57 in 35 balls, with five fours and four sixes) continued to play unbothered, despite wickets falling at the other end and made an attacking fifty.

Short cameos from Najibullah Zadran (23 in 21 balls with a boundary and two sixes), Karim Janat (20 in 10 balls with two fours and a six) and