{"id":278376,"date":"2025-04-10T01:08:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T01:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/delhi-capitals-assistant-coach-matthew-mott-heaps-praise-on-axar-patels-leadership-skills\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T01:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T01:08:49","slug":"delhi-capitals-assistant-coach-matthew-mott-heaps-praise-on-axar-patels-leadership-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/delhi-capitals-assistant-coach-matthew-mott-heaps-praise-on-axar-patels-leadership-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi Capitals assistant coach Matthew Mott heaps praise on Axar Patel’s leadership skills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Axar Patel has led Delhi Capitals to three wins in a row in the Indian Premier League 2025. DC assistant coach Matthew Mott has heaped praise on Axar’s leadership, stating that he has made things easy at the Capitals.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Delhi Capitals assistant coach Matthew Mott has hailed the leadership skills of new captain Axar Patel. Axar has led DC to a hat-trick of wins as the Capitals are the only ones to be unbeaten in the Indian Premier League 2025 so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mott praised Axar’s leadership and highlighted that the all-rounder has made things easy at the franchise. “He’s just got a great balance on cricket and life. He’ll just summarise the group and make sure the players are included. They’ve got a smile on their face. He doesn’t come across as being the only voice (in the team),” Mott said in the pre-match press conference here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Delhi Capitals have other experienced heads too in their camp, with Faf du Plessis<\/a> and KL Rahul<\/a> being crucial members. Mott stated that Axar has the experienced guys to back on. “He’s not taking it all on himself. He leverages a lot of the other senior players in the group. We mentioned KL, Faf as well. He’s got a lot of experience to draw on, particularly Faf. We had a productive meeting around that,” he said.<\/p>\n

The former England white-ball coach also stated that Axar is a level-headed person. “He’s played enough cricket to know that it can be a pretty fickle game at times. You’re well aware that when you’re winning, it’s all rosy. I like to think that he’s got that character where if we do have a bad day, he’ll be just as positive,” Mott added.<\/p>\n

The coach also stated that Axar should bowl himself more. The DC skipper has delivered only eight overs in the last three matches without any wickets. “We were probably a little surprised that he didn’t bowl more.<\/p>\n

\nHe felt like the other bowlers were doing well. Someone like Vipraj (Nigam) has come in and been a sensation for us.<\/p>\n

“He probably took some overs where Axel might have bowled. Given his experience and time, I felt he had control of the game. I think in the matches coming forward, you’ll see him bowl a lot more,”\u00a0he noted.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n