Axar Patel Profile – Stats, Age, Career, Records, Net Worth & Family

Life is all about second a chance. There aren’t many people who take their second chance so seriously. It is all about patience and hard work. Axar Patel – the Indian all-rounder who is now considered among the top 10 all-rounders of all formats. After getting hit for 23 runs in the last over by Ms Dhoni and losing the game for his team to returning to the Indian team as a star.

Personal Information:

• Full Name: Akshar Rajeshbhai Patel
• Nickname: Bapu
• Date of Birth: January 20, 1994
• Age: 29 years (as of 2023)
• Birthplace: Anand, Gujarat, India
• Nationality: Indian
• Height: 1.84m
• Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
• Batting Style: Left-handed
• Bowling Style: Left Arm Orthodox
• Jersey No.: 20
• Favorite Player: Yuvraj Singh
• Social Media Profile: akshar.patel

Teams Axar Patel Played With

India, Gujrat, Kings XI Punjab, India A, India B, India C, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, West Zone, India U-23s, Durham.

Axar Patel Life an Education

Axar Patel was born on January 20, 1994, in Anand, Gujarat India. Axar was a very silent and calm child. He was very focused on a particular task. However not much is available about Axar’s personal life but in an interview, he said that he never wanted to become a cricketer. Instead, he wanted to become a mechanical engineer. However, his friend saw his cricket skills and advised him to play school cricket. From there onwards his cricketing journey started. He was an average student and he studied at Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat.

Axar Patel Debut and Best Innings

Debut: Axar Patel made his debut in international cricket by playing his first ODI against Bangladesh on June 15, 2014, in Mirpur. He finished with the figures of 10 overs 59 runs and 1 wicket. India won that match by 7 wickets.

Best Innings:

• One of his best ODI innings would be against West Indies in Port of Spain on 24^th July 2022. While chasing a high total of 312, Axar scored an unbeaten 64 runs off 35 balls including 3 boundaries and 5 sixes and won the game for his team in the last over with 2 balls remaining. He also took 1 wicket while bowling. He was also given the man of the match for his outstanding performance.
• Axar made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe on 17^th July 2015 in Harare. Axar was outstanding with the ball. He took 3 wickets by conceding just 17 runs and was also given the man of the match.
• One of the best T20I performances of Axar would be against Sri Lanka in Pune where he almost pulled off an exceptional chase. Axar scored 65 runs on 31 balls including 3 boundaries and 6 sixes. He also took 2 wickets for 24 runs. However, India lost the match by 16 runs.
• Axar made his test debut on 13^th February 2021 against England in Chennai. He took 2 wickets in the first innings and a tremendous fifer in the second innings. India won the match by a mammoth 317 runs.
• One of the best test innings of Axar would be against England in Ahmedabad, in the 3^rd test match of the same series. Axar took 6 wickets in the first innings and 5 in the second. He took all 11 wickets in just 36.4 overs. India won that match by 10 wickets.

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Axar Patel Cricket Career and Stats

Axar, also known as ‘Bapu’ played just 1 match in his debut first-class season. Axar was picked by the Mumbai Indians for INR 10 lac. However, Axar was not given the chance to feature in the playing 11. The very next year he was sold to the Kings XI Punjab for INR 75 lacs. He was impressed with the ball and took 17 wickets in total.

He was also named the ‘emerging player of the tournament’. Due to this, he was retained by the Kings XI Punjab for the 2015 season. He took 13 wickets with an economy below 9 and also scored some crucial runs while batting lower the order. He scored 206 runs in the season. In the 2018 IPL mega auction, Axar was the only player retained by the Kings XI Punjab.

Axar made his ODI debut on 15^th June 2014 against Bangladesh under the captaincy of Suresh Raina. Most of the players were new and young in the Indian squad. His debut performance was below average as the left-arm spinner only managed to pick 1 wicket.

The very next year, in 2015 Axar was added to the Indian T20I squad for a series against Zimbabwe. His debut was phenomenal as he picked 3 wickets and was named the man of the match.

Axar was a regular choice in the squad but soon he lost his place in the national side and just played in the IPL and domestic cricket. Soon he got his second chance and he took it in both hands. He made his test debut against England in Chennai and also picked up a fifer in the second innings on his debut. He also picked up 11 wickets at the Ahmedabad test and was given the man of the match.  He also broke many records and now he is playing in all the 3 formats for the Indian team. Retained by the Delhi Capitals franchise in the 2022 IPL mega auction, currently, he’s playing for Delhi Capitals.

Bowling Statistics

	Matches	Innings	Balls	Runs	Wickets	Econ	Average	SR	5W	10W
Test	12	23	2258	858	50	2.28	17.16	45.16	5	1
ODI	51	47	2415	1822	58	4.53	31.41	41.64	0	0
T20I	40	39	745	929	37	7.48	25.11	20.14	0	0
IPL	133	131	2775	3335	110	7.21	30.32	25.23	0	0

Batting Statistics

	Match	Innings	Not Out	Runs	Highest	Average	SR	100	50	4s	6s
Test	12	18	4	513	84	36.64	53.55	0	4	50	17
ODI	51	31	10	412	64	19.62	104.3	0	2	18	21
T20I	40	25	12	288	65	22.15	152.38	0	1	24	13
IPL	133	99	32	1402	54	20.93	130.54	0	1	87	68

Axar Patel Records

• Most consecutive five wickets in an inning – 3 (Test)
• Most consecutive four wickets in an inning – 5 (combined all 3 formats)
• Most runs in an inning – 65 (T20I)

Axar Patel Awards and Achievements

• BCCI Under-19 Cricketer of the Year in 2014.
• Emerging Player of the Tournament – IPL 2014.
• Being the only player to be retained by Kings XI Punjab in the 2018 auction.
• 5 wicket hall on debut test match.

Axar Patel’s Net Worth and Brand Endorsements

Axar Patel’s net worth is expected to be around $5 – $7milllion. This includes all the money from endorsements, IPL salary, BCCI contract, etc. However, this is just a rough figure and it may change or differ in reality.

Net Worth	$5 million
Net Worth in Rupees	INR 39 crore
Source of Income	Salary, Match fees, and Brand Endorsements

Axar Patel Brand Endorsements

• Fan code
• Apollo
• Jio
• Ebix Cash
• CoinSwitch
• Kuber
• GamToss
• SG
• Boat
• JSW Sports

Axar Patel Family

• Father: Rajesh Patel
• Mother: Pritiben Patel
• Brother: Sanship Patel
• Sister: Shivani Patel
• Wife: Meha Patel

Axar Patel was born on January 20, 1994, in Anand, Gujarat, India. Axar always wanted to be a mechanical engineer and not a cricketer. His friend’s father – Rajesh Patel advised him to pursue cricket as a career after seeing his skills. His coach convinced his father that Axar is a great talent and will do wonders. His father supported him in every possible way, he also enrolled Axar into a gym so that he could be fit enough to play.

However, his father had a car accident due to which he is partially paralyzed at present. Axar always calls his parents before the match to take blessings. Meha Patel (Axar’s Patel wife) is a nutritionist by profession. She’s a hardcore pet lover and also has a pet by the name – Gucci. There isn’t any formation on how Axar met his wife Meha but according to sources they both were dating since 2018 and then got married on January 26^th, 2023. They both shared pictures of the marriage on their Instagram and were looking adorable.

Some Unknown Facts About Axar Patel

• Axar never wanted to be a cricketer. Instead, he wanted to be a mechanical engineer.
• His first name is spelled as ‘Akshar’ and not ‘Axar’, his principal did a spelling mistake in the school on the certificate, and from then onwards he’s using Axar.
• He started his career as a batsman and later became a bowler to increase his chance of selection.
• His first IPL team was Mumbai Indians. Although he never got a chance to play.

Statements On Axar Patel Given by Cricketers

• Sunil Gavaskar – “Axar Patel is a very promising cricketer and has shown great potential in both batting and bowling. He has the ability to turn a game around and is a valuable asset to the Indian team.”
• R. Ashwin – “Axar Patel is an incredibly talented cricketer and has been performing consistently well in all formats of the game. He is a great asset to the Indian cricket team and has the potential to become one of the best all-rounders in the world.”
• Michael Vaughan – “Axar Patel has been a revelation for India in recent times. He is a very skillful bowler and has been consistently taking wickets. His performances have been instrumental in India’s recent successes in all formats of the game.”

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