Captain Akshar Patel made the biggest loss to Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026. Akshar, who has played 10 matches in the season, is scoring runs for his team at a price of Rs 50 lakh. People are paying attention to many big flop players in the tournament, but no one is talking much about Akshar.
Let us tell you that Akshar, who has played 7 innings of 10 matches, has scored only 33 runs so far. Delhi had bought Akshar for the current season of IPL for a price of Rs 16.50 crore. If the price and runs are calculated, till now the captain has scored every run for Delhi at a price of Rs 50 lakh.
Flopped against Chennai also
In the 48th match being played against Chennai Super Kings, Akshar was out after scoring only 02 runs in 6 balls. So far his high score in the season has been 26* runs. While bowling, Akshar has taken 9 wickets in 10 innings of 10 matches. Still his performance in bowling seems fine. Now it will be interesting to see how he performs for the team in the upcoming matches in batting.
Talking about Akshar Patel’s IPL career, till now he has played 172 matches in the tournament. Bowling in 131 innings of these matches, he has scored 1949 runs at an average of 20.95 and strike rate of 132.85, which includes 3 half-centuries. His high score was 66 runs. While bowling the rest, he has taken 136 wickets in 169 innings, in which the best figure was 4/21. His economy was 7.40.
Delhi Capitals performance
Delhi has played 9 league matches, out of which it has won 4. Have faced defeat in the remaining 5 matches. The team is at seventh position in the points table. To reach the playoffs from here, Delhi will have to win all the remaining 5 matches. By winning all the remaining matches, the team can easily qualify for the playoffs with 18 points.
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