Axar Patel: Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel is not scoring runs in IPL 2026. Looking at Akshar’s form, it seems as if his bat is rusty.
DC vs CSK, Axar Patel: In IPL 2026, the captains of many teams disappointed the audience with their play. After Hardik Pandya, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ryan Parag, Rishabh Pant, now the name of Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel has also been added to this list.
Star all-rounder Akshar Patel is not scoring runs in IPL 2026. Looking at Akshar’s form, it seems as if his bat is rusty. In the 19th season of IPL, neither Akshar is scoring runs from his bat nor his team is able to win.
Axar Patel’s bat got rusted
In the match against Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and decided to bat. Even against CSK, the DC captain did not score any runs and he was out after scoring only 2 runs. He was dismissed by Gurjapneet Singh.
Axar Patel has so far scored only 33 runs in 7 innings at an average of 5.5 in IPL 2026. His strike rate has been only 89.9. His scores this season were – 0, 2, 1, 26 (retired hurt), 2, 0, 2.
Axar Patel’s scores in IPL 2026
0(1)
2(3)
1(2)
26*(19) – retd hurt
2(3)
0(3)
2(6)Total: 33 runs at 5.5, SR: 89.18 pic.twitter.com/9LYseRST0f
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Axar Patel failed in captaincy also
Not only with batting but also with their bowling and captaincy, Delhi Capitals have failed to get their team out of trouble. Akshar has been able to take only 8 wickets in 9 innings this season. Not only this, he has also failed to make the team win through his decisions.
Questions raised on Axar Patel’s decisions
His decision came under question only against Chennai, where he won the toss and decided to bat first and his batsmen continued to struggle. The team had lost 5 wickets for only 69 runs. It was only due to luck that the team somehow managed to reach the score of 155.
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