IND vs ENG | Loved watching Axar Patel bowl; hopefully pitches stay the same in Asia, opines Ashton Agar 

Indian left-arm spinner Axar Patel starred in the third Test win against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium as he picked up 11 wickets in the game. So far in his Test career, Axar has taken three five-fers in four innings. His pinpoint accuracy and a lethal arm-ball has helped him bamboozle the English batsmen, who have been clueless against him even when it comes to his straighter deliveries. So far, the Gujarat spinner has taken 18 wickets at 9.44 in the series and has been the second-leading wicket-taker even after missing the Test series opener due to an injury. 

"That's the most lethal one because you are expecting them to turn so much. He would have got maybe 10 of his wickets in the last couple of Tests with the straighter ones. Pretty exciting stuff, hopefully, the pitches stay this way in the subcontinent. It makes for really exciting cricket," Agar said.

"The key to bowling in the sub-continent is accuracy and consistency, hitting the stumps every ball. One might turn and one might not. Sometimes, if you don't know what the ball is going to do as a bowler. The batsman has absolutely no idea. However, Axar seemed to do it quite a lot of times," Agar added.

"Maybe it's something to work on. I am keen to play around with that after watching that. It's a really good skill to have. Rangana Herath is a good example of that. I don't know whether he meant to do it but he let the ball pitch in the same spot consistently."