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Axar Patel He has been named to India’s ODI cricket’s exclusive squad after his impressive performance at the death in the opener against England at Edgbaston on Tuesday. The left-arm spinner became the second Indian spinner to take four wickets between the 41st and 50th ODI innings. Another Indian spinner to achieve this feat is Ravindra Jadeja who did it in 2013 against Sri Lanka in Port of Spain. Axar’s late burst helped India beat England by 258 runs after a superb recovery from hosts Joe Root and Liam Dawson. England fell from unbeaten 61 to 107 for 6, and the team’s overall performance does not seem to be ideal. However, Root and Dawson combined for a fighting combination of 121 for the seventh wicket to frustrate the Indian attack and revive the innings. Root top-scored with 76 off 76 deliveries, while Dawson smashed a career-high 68 off 83 deliveries. The two are under pressure Jasprit Bumrah As the pitch becomes easier to hit, then target other bowlers. Just when England looked set to finish strong, Axar struck repeatedly in the closing stages. He dismissed the lower order to finish with a career-high ODI figure of 62 for four, ensuring England were restricted to 258 runs instead of over 275. Earlier, India’s pace attack dominated the first half of the innings. Bumrah returned from a six-week workload management break and performed well despite picking up just one wicket. The pace spearhead has conceded just 31 runs in nine overs, including 36 dots, while troubling England’s top order in terms of movement and bounce. Young left-arm seamer Gurnoor Brar impressed after a costly start, removing Jacob Bethell and Ben Duckett in the same over, while Prasidh Krishna chipped in with crucial wickets Jos Buttler and Sam Curran, England slipped to 107 for six. Root and Dawson then rebuilt the innings, but Axar’s late knock ended the recovery. In doing so, the all-rounder not only posted the best ODI bowling figures of his career but also equaled a rare milestone that has not been touched by Indian bowling in over a decade.