'Why go to a part-timer?' Ashwin slams Axar’s captaincy after DC's defeat
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/130431358.cms" style="margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 5px;" />Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Delhi Capitals by 47 runs after posting 242/2, powered by Abhishek Sharma’s 135*.
DC fell short at 195/9, with Eshan Malinga taking 4/32.
Ravichandran Ashwin criticised Axar Patel’s captaincy, calling the decision to give part-timer Nitish Rana four overs, while frontline spinners bowled just two each, the “biggest blunder.”
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