Mumbai, April 23: Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson said he was heavily impressed by how Axar Patel stood up to put in impactful performances and propel his side Delhi Capitals (DC) to another clinical win over Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in IPL 2025. At the BRSABV Ekana Stadium, Axar bowled his four overs upfront, with his figures reading 0/29. But more importantly, his economy rate was better than Kuldeep Yadav, who went wicketless in IPL 2025 for the first time.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천IPL 2025: Cheteshwar Pujara Lauds KL Rahul for Putting LSG Struggles Behind and Embracing Fresh Start With DC, Says 슬롯사이트He Wants To Enjoy His Batting슬롯사이트�.

With the bat, Axar stood up to apply finishing touches by hitting 34 not out off 20 balls, as DC completed the chase of 160 in 17.5 overs. All of this meant Axar was clearly the better skipper on display than his LSG counterpart Rishabh Pant, who was out for a duck after coming out to bat at number seven.

"The pitch did get better to bat on, but it was Axar Patel슬롯사이트s intent from ball one that stood out. LSG didn슬롯사이트t bowl particularly well to him early on, but he capitalised. It was the kind of innings LSG needed from Rishabh Pant. Axar stood up for his team슬롯사이트bowled his four overs straight, led from the front, and made an impact. You can see he really wants to play his part as skipper슬롯사이트something we haven슬롯사이트t quite seen from Rishabh," said Watson on JioHotstar.

Axar put on an unbeaten 56-run stand with KL Rahul, who hit 57 not out, his third fifty of the season. Facing LSG for the first time since his not so pleasant exit from the franchise, Rahul also reached the landmark of 5000 runs in the IPL, becoming the quickest batter to get there (in 130 innings), and even finished off the chase with a six.

"KL Rahul just did what he does best슬롯사이트batted with complete control. He didn슬롯사이트t need to take risks, just played a steady hand and picked his moments. What stands out is his ability to switch gears슬롯사이트he슬롯사이트s taken the game on throughout the tournament, but today he was calm, composed, and calculated. That kind of flexibility gives Delhi Capitals so much depth," added Watson.

Watson also praised pacer Mukesh Kumar for his impactful spell of 4-33 in the middle overs, with his yorker outclassing Mitchell Marsh being the standout delivery. "Mukesh Kumar bowled really well. He made the most of the ball reversing early슬롯사이트the yorker that got Mitchell Marsh swung a fair bit. Marsh was batting beautifully, so that was a big wicket. Mukesh ran in with full commitment and did a great job targeting key wickets in the middle overs." IPL 2025: Cheteshwar Pujara Believes Rishabh Pant Should Bat Higher in Batting Order, Not Play Finisher슬롯사이트s Role.

Ambati Rayudu, the former India batter, analysed Abishek Porel슬롯사이트s knock of 51, his first fifty of the season, and felt he should have finished the chase. "It was a very good innings from Porel. He wasn슬롯사이트t always in complete control슬롯사이트there were a few streaky shots슬롯사이트but everything came off for him.

슬롯사이트Ideally, he should슬롯사이트ve carried his bat and finished the game, like KL Rahul did. He can learn from that. His striking was impressive, but he can work on his batsmanship슬롯사이트maybe pick more boundaries along the ground like Sai Sudharsan. Still, a decent knock overall," he said.

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