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Left-arm spinner Axar Patel said bowlers should not be judged only based on their economy rates, especially in the IPL 2024 season in which run-scoring has seen new heights. The Delhi bowling star said it’s important to back bowlers and assess them based on whether they executed the team’s plans on the field. Axar highlighted the role of the smaller boundaries and the Impact Player rule in the spike in scoring rates in the new season. DC vs RR: Updates | Scorecard “I think the way the runs are being scored these days. You have to look at the way how the bowlers are bowling, is he hitting his line and lengths, is he executing his plans that were discussed before the match or not. I think bowlers have to be judged based on these things. You have to back your bowler based on these things,” Axar Patel said on Tuesday on the sidelines of DC’s game against Rajasthan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. ‘Even on good balls, you can get hit. The grounds are smaller and there’s the Impact player. The batter starts to attack from the first ball. Apart from economy, you can also look at how the bowler has executed the plans,” he added. IPL 2024 Full Coverage | IPL 2024 Points Table and Standings | 2024 IPL Full Schedule IPL 2024 has seen totals over 220 posted as many as 18 times, 11 times more than the last season. Totals of 250 have come as many as 8 times. In fact, 8 of the top 10 highest team totals in the history of the IPL have come this year. SunRisers hold the record for the highest team total in IPL — 287 for 3 against RCB, which they scored two weeks after smashing 277 against MI in Mumbai. In fact, Punjab broke the world record for the highest-successful chase when they gunned down 262 against KKR at the Eden Gardens. MINDSET VERY IMPORTANT FOR BOWLERS:: AXAR On Axar Patel’s home ground — the Arun Jaitley Stadium, only once has a team not scored in excess of 200 in six innings before Tuesday. 199 was the lowest total at the venue, which has small boundaries. However, Axar has managed to survive the carnage, more often than not, continuing to be miserly with the ball in IPL 2024. Axar has 9 wickets in 11 matches at an economy rate of just 7.24. Speaking about his mental set-up while bowling, the left-arm spinner said: “Mindset is very important. When you come, knowing it will be a high-scoring game, I come to the ground thinking if I get hit while backing my strength, it is not a problem. I don’t think about who is batting and I try to bowl to my strength.” Axar Patel’s economical spells in IPL 2024 ensured that he was picked in India’s 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup, which will be played from June 2 to 29 in the USA and the West Indies. Published By: Akshay Ramesh Published On: May 7, 2024