The decision to promote Axar Patel when India were struggling at 34/3 in the 2024 T20 World Cup final proved to be a masterstroke. The decision to bring in Washington for Axar was always going to be debateable since the former hadn’t delivered consistently in the shortest format. But Axar Patel has been your MVP in T20 cricket. Let’s not forget what Axar Patel has done. I hope Axar sees it in that spirit as well.”Clearly, the gamble to play Washington didn’t pay off on Sunday.

Source: The Telegraph February 24, 2026 04:30 UTC