India vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Axar Patel says teammates ‘teasing’ him after fifth five-wicket haul in 7 innings

Axar Patel mentioned he’s residing a dream inside a dream after selecting one more five-wicket haul in Test cricket in the course of the ongoing match in opposition to New Zealand in Kanpur on Saturday. Axar Patel goes by means of a dream run in Test cricket since making his red-ball debut in February this 12 months (AP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSIndia (345 & 14/1) at Stumps, lead New Zealand (296) by 63 runs on Day 3Axar Patel took 5 wickets for 62 runs in New Zealand’s first innings in KanpurAxar is the joint-second quickest to five five-wicket hauls in Test cricketIndia off-spinner Axar Patel’s dream begin to his Test profession continued on Saturday as he bagged one more five-wicket haul in red-ball cricket in the course of the ongoing match in opposition to New Zealand in Kanpur.

Axar Patel bagged 5 for 62 in New Zealand’s first innings to change into the joint-second quickest bowler to take 5 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket together with Australia’s Charlie Turner (1887-1888) and England’s Tom Richardson (1893-1895).All three achieved the feat of their seventh Test, only one behind former Aussie pacer and record-holder Rodney Hogg (1978).IND vs NZ, 1st Test: Day 3 Highlights”Taking five wickets in seven innings is something the other teammates have been teasing me about. It’s like a dream within a dream start. Test cricket isn’t easy.”When they have been no loss at stumps yesterday, it appeared like a tough state of affairs. This is the form of pitch the place you possibly can’t count on wickets on a regular basis. You must be constant together with your line and size.”I have been using the crease well. I have a round-arm action, and that was working well on this pitch. I would bowl from wide of the crease and something would happen. I think that troubled them,” Axar mentioned on Star Sports after the day’s play.Axar acquired nice help from Ravichandran Ashwin (3 for 82), Umesh Yadav (1 for 50) and Ravindra Jadeja (1 for 57) from the opposite finish as India bowled out New Zealand for 296 to take a primary innings lead of 49 runs. Tom Latham top-scored for the vacationers with 95 and his opening associate Will Young contributed 89.India got here out to bat for five overs within the closing moments of Day 3 and made 14 for 1 until stumps. The hosts misplaced the wicket of Shubman Gill for 1 within the 2nd over to Kyle Jamieson earlier than Cheteshwar Pujara (9*) and Mayank Agarwal (4*) took the staff to the shut of play with a lead of 63 runs.Click right here for IndiaIn the present day.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.