SUNDAY, september 1, 2013
Born on January 20, 1994, Akshar Tajeshbhai Patel is an all-rounder, who is a left-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spinner.
The talented 19 year old young cricketer, started his cricketing career at the bigger circuit in 2012 while representing Gujarat and then played for Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League (IPL) Season-6 in 2013.
Akshar Patel has played 1 First-Class match, 12 List-A matches and 9 T20 matches so far in his cricketer career.
He has a batting average of 32.00 in First-Class cricket, 22.87 in List-A matches and 22.75 in T20 match. His top scores in First-Class cricket has been 16*, in List-A 45 runs and in T20 43*.
Patel has bowled 42 balls in First-Class match and has not tajen any wicket, while in List-A matches Patel has bagged 17 wickets by bowling 634 balls, with best figures of 4/24 and in T20 matches, Patel has grabbed 7 wickets, with 3/21 as his best bowling figures. His bowling averages in List-A has been 25.64, while in T20 it is 30.57.
He is presently one of the prominent emerging cricketers of the Country and is seen to be a potential cricketer, who has almost all that is required to blossom at the highest level.
Apart from being a utility player with bat and ball, Patel is also an outstanding fielder. He has taken 8 catches in List-A matches and 2 catches in T20 matches. With his all-round skills, the experts project this gritty cricketer as one of the prospects of Indian Cricket.
Identify the Player:
Write a brief description about him in 250 words.
Questions of this week:
1. By which margin Africa Africa-A defeated India -A in the second 4-day match in South Africa?
2. For which team Akshar Patel played in Indian Premier League Season-6?
3. Who was top scorer for India-A in their first innings against New Zealand-A of the ongoing series in India?
4. Name the Indian Shooter who has been selected for Khel Ratna Award recently?
5. Who is Lal Chand Rajput?
Answers of the last week:
1. Innings and 13 runs 2. Delhi Daredevils 3. Cheteshwar Pujara 4.Virat Kohli 5. former First-Class cricketer.
The best entry of this week was received from Piyush Bhat of Qrt No-21, Block-G, Buta Nagar, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Anikait Gupta, Jammu, Sanjay Dhar from Lane No 1, H No 3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Jammu, Yushar Mahajan, H No-55, Lower Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu, Rajeev Verma from Talab Tiloo, Jammu, Ramesh Singh of Samba and Rahul Choudhary from Sari Rakwal, Gho Manasan Road, Jammu.
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