Delhi CapitalsCaptain
Axar Patel
All-rounder · Left-hand bat · Slow left-arm orthodox
India · Age 32 · No. 20
The numbers
Career record
160
Matches
1860
Runs
134.2
Strike rate
128
Wickets
7.40
Economy
66
High score
Form
Last ten innings
The form trajectory across the most recent appearances.
Cooling off
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Player intelligence
The read on his game
AI-generated analysis, grounded in his career numbers and role.
Axar averages 22.9 at a strike rate of 134, a profile built for control rather than highlight reels.
Strengths
- Manipulates the strike better than the raw strike rate suggests.
- A genuine finisher: the strike rate climbs, not dips, in the death overs.
- Exceptional square of the wicket, the cut and the pull are run-scoring shots, not survival ones.
Ways to get at him
- Can be tied down early by disciplined seam in the channel outside off.
- The well-directed short ball is still a way back into a spell against him.
Pressure performance
56
Scoring zones
Venue performance
Returns home to Arun Jaitley Stadium, where the average first-innings score is 167.