Akshar Patel running away hiding the batImage Credit source: Paul Kane/Getty Images
India vs Australia 1st ODI: The ODI series between India and Australia started in Perth, but it was a start which the Indian fans had not expected. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, returning to Team India, were a complete flop and returned to the pavilion early. Captain Shubman Gill also could not last long. At such a time, Team India promoted all-rounder Akshar Patel, so that some pressure could be put on Australia. But before Akshar could do anything, something suddenly happened in the match that he had to hide his bat and started running. But what happened that Akshar had to run away like this?
When the first ODI match between India and Australia started in Perth on Sunday 19 October, the fans were happy about one thing that they would get a chance to see Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma playing again. But at the same time there was also a fear and this fear later proved to be true. Rohit and Kohli not only disappointed the fans but the fear of rain interruption in the match also proved true and it rained even before the end of the 9th over.
Akshar Patel started running away after hiding the bat
This was the same over in which Team India captain Shubman Gill was out and then Axar Patel came out to bat. But Akshar had just faced 4 balls of this over when suddenly it started raining heavily in Perth. What happened next, the umpires decided to stop the game and all the players started running towards the pavilion. But Akshar Patel attracted the most attention in this. What actually happened was that Akshar tried to hide his bat with both his hands and then started running. He did this so that the bat does not get wet, which would make it difficult to use.
Akshar was successful in this and returned safely to the pavilion with the bat. However, after some time the match started again and once again Akshar Patel came on the field. But this time too the match could not last long because rain intervened again and the match had to be stopped after exactly 18 balls i.e. 11.5 overs.
Team India’s bad start
If we talk about the match, Team India came out to bat first in this match but its start was not good at all. Former captain Rohit Sharma, who returned to international cricket after more than seven months, was out in the fourth over after scoring only 8 runs. Similarly, Virat Kohli, who is returning to the team, could not even open his account and returned to the pavilion after facing 8 balls. On the other hand, the start of new captain Shubman Gill was also not good and he too walked away after scoring only 10 runs.