{"id":820371,"date":"2026-03-12T08:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/820371\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T08:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:13:22","slug":"axar-patel-was-angry-suryakumar-yadav-apologised-after-ahmedabad-call-backfired-says-i-made-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/820371\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Axar Patel was angry\u2019: Suryakumar Yadav apologised after Ahmedabad call backfired, says \u2018I made a mistake\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

T20I vice-captain Axar Patel <\/a>was dropped in two of the nine games India played en route to winning the T20 World Cup<\/a> for the third time in history, both in Ahmedabad. One of those omissions came in the Super 8 clash against South Africa, which India lost by 76 runs and which briefly pushed them to the brink of elimination.<\/p>\n

\"AxarAxar Patel was not part of the playing XI for the match against South Africa<\/p>\n

The defeat triggered criticism of the team management\u2019s decision to leave out Axar in such a crucial game. Although India maintained it was a tactical call, the all-rounder himself wasn\u2019t pleased with the decision.<\/p>\n

With South Africa fielding several left-handers in their batting line-up, India opted to play Washington Sundar instead, hoping to gain a favourable match-up. On paper, the move appeared logical, but the game never unfolded in a way that allowed India to use Sundar as intended.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: <\/strong>‘Will you win the World Cup for me?’: Suryakumar Yadav recalls Ishan Kishan phone call before final squad selection<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

While the selection call ultimately had little bearing on the heavy defeat, it still drew widespread scrutiny. Inside the dressing room too, emotions were running high.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Indian Express, captain Suryakumar Yadav<\/a> admitted Axar was furious after being left out of the playing XI. The skipper revealed he later apologised to the all-rounder and acknowledged that the call may have been a mistake.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was very angry, and he should have been. He\u2019s an experienced player, he leads a franchise. He should be angry. I apologised. I told him I made a mistake and I\u2019m sorry, but it was a call taken for the team. It was a hard conversation. He took it in his stride and we talked it through the next day,\u201d Suryakumar said.<\/p>\n

The captain also described the loss to South Africa as a turning point in India\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndia vs South Africa was the eye-opener. I never had any doubt in this team, but it tightened our screws. After that there was no option of coming back. For us, Zimbabwe was a pre-quarter-final. West Indies was the quarter-final. Then the semis and the final. We had to play every game like a knockout.\u201d<\/p>\n

India responded strongly after the setback, winning their remaining Super 8 matches before defeating England in the semi-final and New Zealand in the final to become the first team in history to win back-to-back T20 World Cup titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"T20I vice-captain Axar Patel was dropped in two of the nine games India played en route to winning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[236176,161408,1406,32441,79,236175,22959,7379,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-820371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-axar-droppe","9":"tag-axar-patel","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-indian-cricket-team","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-suryakumar-axar","14":"tag-suryakumar-yadav","15":"tag-t20-world-cup","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116215205621201202","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}