Axar Patel's Dream Spell of 6-6-0-4 guides India''A'' victory over South Africa ''A''
Axar Patel took his reputation as a left-arm spinner up a several notches on Friday in a dream spell that saw him bowl six overs without giving a single run and take four wickets in India A's resounding win over South Africa A in an unofficial Test at Krishnagiri.
Axar Patel, who has represented India in limited-overs cricket, had taken five wickets in the first innings of the game and took his match haul to nine after a run-free spell in the second innings.
The bowling allrounder has played 18 ODIs and 2 T20 internationals for India with a best of 3 for 40 and 3 for 17 respectively.
The heroics of 21-year-old Patel, who hails from Gujarat, helped India bowl the visitors out for just 76 in the second innings and clinch the game by an innings and 81 runs to win the two-match unofficial Test series 1-0.
In reply to visitors' first innings score of 260, India declared at 417 for 8 in the second innings on the third and penultimate day and then bundled out South Africa A for just 76 runs in their second innings on Friday Aug 28,2015
South Africa A resumed fourth and final day's play trailing by 157 runs in the second innings. But to their surprise, the hosts displayed some impressive show with the ball led by spinner Patel alongside Jayant Yadav (2 for 10), Karn Sharma (1 for 16), Baba Aparajith (1 for 17) and Shardul Thakur (1 for 20) to bowl out South Africa A in 31.4 overs.
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