Axar sustained the injury during DC's match against KKR on Tuesday.
Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper Axar Patel shared an update on his finger injury sustained in Match 48 of the IPL 2025 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday (April 29).
The hosts failed to chase down the target of 205 as they were restricted to 190/9 in 20 overs. Faf du Plessis (62 off 45) and Axar Patel (43 off 23) emerged as the top two run scorers for DC as their 76-run partnership off 42 balls for the fourth wicket put their team in a commanding position.
However, the Capitals lost their way in the chase as Sunil Narine led KKR’s comeback with his three-wicket haul.
Following his team’s loss, Axar provided an update on his injury, which he suffered while fielding and hoped to recover in time for the next game.
“My skin got peeled off as I dived on the practice wickets to stop the ball, but the good thing is there are 3-4 days break and hopefully I will be able to recover,” said Patel in the post-match interview.
Axar Patel also rued conceding 15-20 runs extra in the powerplay and lauded Vipraj Nigam (38 off 19 balls) for fighting till the end.
KKR finished the powerplay on 79/1 as Narine (27 off 16) and Ajinkya Rahane (26 off 14) got off to a flying start.
“I think how the wicket was and how we bowled in the powerplay, we gave away 15-20 runs too many. We also lost a few wickets in a soft manner. The positive was how we restricted them after the powerplay. Coming to the batting, even though few batters failed, 2-3 of us contributed and took it so close. When Vipraj was batting there was hope, if Ashutosh was there then they could have repeated the first game,” he added.
Despite the defeat, Delhi maintained their fourth spot on the points table with six wins from 10 matches. DC will hope that their captain gets fit in time for their next fixture against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on May 5.