Axar eyes good show in England series, IPL 2024 to secure berth in T20 World Cup

Listen to Story All rounder Axar Patel, who was forced to miss the ODI World Cup due to an injury, is hoping to put on a good show in the IPL 2024 and the five match Test series against England to revive his prospects of making the India squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 in June. against Afghanistan in Mohali on Thursday, capturing two wickets and surrendering 23 runs in four overs.

"My job is to give 100 percent to my work ethics and the process. I am not worrying too much about what will happen to the World Cup team selection, and if I do that, I will be putting pressure on myself. Right now, I want to focus on the IPL and then we also have a Test series against England coming up soon," Axar said in the post match press conference.

India have only two more T20Is scheduled before the World Cup, which will be staged in the West Indies and the United States, and Axar is aware that there would be too many competitors vying for an India spot. "Yeah, we are going to play the last two T20Is before the World Cup, and then we have the IPL.

I know there is a lot of competition out there (for a WC spot in India team), but my competition is to myself and I just want to focus on adding to my skill sets," he added. Axar stated that the polishing of the skill level began during his rehabilitation time at the NCA. "It was unfortunate that I got injured during the World Cup and missed it.

But I took it positively and tried to improve my game. I was working during my time at the NCA – things like line and length, slower ball and such variations. I was trying to add something more to my bowling as a left arm spinner, as we don't have that many variations like a leg spinner such as googly.

But I was looking to add those 5 or 10 percent to my bowling," Axar further said..