Axar Patel was involved in a crucial 114-run partnership with Ravichandran Ashwin which helped India reach a respectable total in the first innings and that denied Australia a big first-innings lead
The selectors have stuck with the opener despite the right-hander underperforming in Tests. He was dismissed for 17 runs in India's first inning in the second Test, taking his run tally to 37 runs in the two innings of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
A 114-run partnership bailed India out of trouble in the first innings of the second Test match being played here at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi with the team conceding just one run lead to Australia
Veteran Australian opener David Warner has been subbed out of the ongoing second Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against India due to a concussion, with Matthew Renshaw returning to the side as a substitute.
Speaking to the media following his superb bowling performance of 4-30 in Australia's first innings the bowler stated that pacers need to stick to their line and lengths while maintaining good pace to trouble batsmen on Indian pitches.
Two people died while several others were injured after a tractor trolly overturned near the Sahaspur border in the Kanth police station area of Moradabad district on Thursday night, said the police.