India’s finest all-rounder Axar Patel recently revealed that his U19 coach Sanjay Patel had told him that the prolific player’s biomechanics were wrong and that he should switch from being a fast bowler to a spinner.

Let us tell you, Axar Patel’s performance was very good in the recently concluded ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The Indian spinner took 9 important wickets in 8 matches. In the semi-final match against England, Axar Patel took 3 wickets for 23 runs and also won the Player of the Match award. Not only this, this player also played an important role with batting. Axar Patel played an aggressive innings of 47 runs in 31 balls in the final against South Africa.

In his recent interview with Indian Express, Axar Patel said, ‘Sometimes I don’t understand why I became a spinner. I was a fast bowler and my U16 coach Sanjay Patel said that there is something wrong with your biomechanics and you should do spin bowling. I had no interest in spin bowling at all. I always enjoyed batting and always got bored in fielding. That’s why in order to bowl quickly, I started doing spin bowling and I started getting wickets as well.’

My bowling has improved a lot because of Venkatapathy Raju sir: Axar Patel

Akshar Patel further said, ‘When I went to the National Cricket Academy, Venkatpati Raju sir was there. He gave me a lot of confidence and my bowling also improved. He improved my spin bowling a lot.’

India now has to tour Sri Lanka and Akshar Patel has also been included in the team. Akshar Patel is also one of the most important players of the Indian team. The tour of Sri Lanka is starting from 27 July. In this tour, first there will be a three-match T20 series and then a three-match ODI series.