{"id":14392,"date":"2026-05-08T23:18:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/08\/ipl-2026-axar-patel-enters-unwanted-record-books-becomes-second-worst-captain-to-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:18:32","slug":"ipl-2026-axar-patel-enters-unwanted-record-books-becomes-second-worst-captain-to-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=14392","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Axar Patel enters unwanted record books, becomes second-worst captain to&#8230; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130964181,imgsize-184800,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/india-ipl-cricket.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Axar Patel enters unwanted record books, becomes second-worst captain to...\" title=\"Delhi Capitals' captain Axar Patel (AP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Delhi Capitals' captain Axar Patel (AP Photo)\">Delhi Capitals&#8217; captain Axar Patel (AP Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/axar-patel\/62576\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Axar Patel<\/a> endured another disappointing outing with the bat as his difficult IPL 2026 season hit a new low during Delhi Capitals\u2019 clash against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The Delhi skipper now has the second-lowest batting average by a captain in an IPL season among players who have batted in at least seven innings. <!-- -->Axar has managed just 44 runs in 11 matches this season at an average of 6.28, placing him only behind Shane Warne, who averaged 2.00 in IPL 2010.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Hemang Badani admits \u2018perform or perish\u2019 as DC face must-win situation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Lowest avg for a captain in an IPL season (7+ innings)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>2.00 Shane Warne (2010)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>6.28 Axar Patel (2026) *<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>11.08 Eoin Morgan (2021)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>12.00 Harbhajan Singh (2012)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>12.75 R Ashwin (2018)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Adding to the concern, Axar also currently owns the lowest strike-rate in IPL 2026 among batters who have faced a minimum of 50 balls. <!-- -->His strike-rate of 74.57 highlights the extent of his struggles in a season where aggressive batting has dominated headlines.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The poor numbers came on another frustrating evening for Delhi at the Arun Jaitley Stadium as KKR\u2019s spin attack completely strangled the hosts.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>While Pathum Nissanka scored a composed fifty and KL Rahul added 23 at the top, Delhi\u2019s middle order once again collapsed under pressure.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The spin trio of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sunil-narine\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sunil Narine<\/a>, Anukul Roy and Varun Chakaravarthy completely controlled the middle overs, drying up boundaries and forcing risky shots.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Narine removed Sameer Rizvi soon after returning to the attack, while Roy delivered the decisive blows by dismissing Nissanka immediately after his fifty and then trapping <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/tristan-stubbs\/74761\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Tristan Stubbs<\/a> in the same over.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>Delhi lost four wickets in the middle overs as KKR tightened their grip through spin. If not for Ashutosh Sharma\u2019s late counterattack of 39 off 28 balls, the hosts may have struggled to cross even the 100-run mark.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>Axar\u2019s poor form with the bat has now become one of the biggest concerns for Delhi Capitals in an increasingly difficult IPL campaign.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-axar-patel-enters-unwanted-history-books-becomes-second-worst-ipl-captain-by-average\/articleshow\/130964080.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Capitals&#8217; captain Axar Patel (AP Photo) Axar Patel endured another disappointing outing with the bat as his difficult IPL 2026 season hit a new low during Delhi Capitals\u2019 clash against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday.The Delhi skipper now has the second-lowest batting average by a captain in an IPL season among players who have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}