NEW DELHI: Indian men's cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir , the experiment-in-chief, took a gamble as he sent all-rounder Axar Patel at no.3, but it didn't pay off as Patel didn't look in touch and struggled to find rhythm in his short-lived inning. Patel came to bat in the very first over of India's chase of 214 on Thursday during the second T20I against South Africa, after Shubman Gill was dismissed for a Golden Duck by Lungi Ngidi. However, as wickets kept falling at the other end - with opener Abhishek Sharma dismissed on 17 and captain Suryakumar Yadav caught behind on 5 off 4 balls - Axar's innings couldn't pick the pace and the left handed batter was dismissed eventually by Ottneil Baartman thanks to a brilliant catch by Reeza Hendricks at short covers. Axar cou

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