Axar Patel Age, Career Stats, Records, Wife and IPL Salary

Who is Axar Patel?

Axar Patel is an Indian international all-rounder who combines left-arm orthodox spin with left-handed batting. BCCI describes him as accurate with the ball and increasingly valuable with the bat. Delhi Capitals list him at the centre of their current setup as captain. His role is broader than a specialist spinner because India and Delhi have used him in several batting positions when match conditions required flexibility.

This is one canonical Axar Patel profile across India internationals, Gujarat domestic cricket and IPL teams. The same person may appear in national scorecards, Delhi results and historical Punjab records, but his identity, birth date and career milestones remain shared. Team changes create relationships rather than duplicate pages, allowing every documented appearance to link back to a single reviewed record.

Axar Patel age, full name and birthplace

His full name is Akshar Rajeshbhai Patel. He was born on 20 January 1994 in Anand, Gujarat, and was 32 years old on 11 August 2026. Public cricket pages commonly use the spelling Axar, while the full-name field preserves Akshar. This is a spelling variation attached to one identity, not evidence of two different players.

BCCI and IPL agree on his left-handed batting and slow left-arm orthodox bowling. Delhi classifies him as an all-rounder and captain. The profile uses those current official roles while retaining older statistical classifications where databases may list him primarily as a bowler. Role labels can evolve as batting responsibility increases; a player's canonical identity should not change with them.

Domestic cricket and international entry

Axar made his first-class and List A debuts during the 2012–13 season before earning an ODI call-up in 2014. He debuted against Bangladesh at Mirpur and later made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2015. His early international opportunity came mainly through controlled left-arm spin and the ability to bat below the specialist order.

The Wikipedia API snapshot lists 57 first-class matches, 2,517 runs and 197 wickets, including 14 five-wicket hauls and two ten-wicket match returns. That table was dated 26 February 2026 and is treated as a secondary historical snapshot. Any later domestic figures require a refreshed source rather than being inferred from international appearances.

Axar Patel Test debut and five-wicket hauls

Axar made his Test debut against England in Chennai in February 2021 and took a five-wicket haul in his first match. He became central to India's spin attack during that home series. The current BCCI profile records 15 Tests, 57 wickets, five five-wicket hauls and best match figures of 11 for 70, alongside 688 runs with four fifties.

His Test bowling average of 19.67 in the BCCI snapshot reflects a small but highly productive sample. It should not be blended with ODI or T20I averages because overs, fields, ball usage and match length differ. His best innings figure in the Wikipedia table is 6 for 38. The two sources are presented with dates so a later Test can update the official total without rewriting past achievements.

Axar Patel batting development

Axar's international batting record grew beyond lower-order hitting. BCCI lists 688 Test runs at 34.40 with a high score of 84, 918 ODI runs with a high score of 64 not out, and 750 T20I runs with a high score of 65. Those figures were current on the checked date and extend beyond the older Wikipedia ODI and T20I table.

The important change is tactical as well as statistical. India have promoted him when early wickets required a left-hander who could counter spin or absorb pressure, while Delhi have used him to stabilize or accelerate. A batting high score does not by itself make him a specialist top-order player, but repeated responsibility supports the all-rounder classification used on the current team pages.

2024 T20 World Cup semifinal performance

India faced England in the 2024 T20 World Cup semifinal in Guyana. Axar took 3 for 23 from four overs and was named Player of the Match as India advanced to the final. His wickets came in conditions that rewarded accurate spin, and the spell helped prevent England from building a chase.

The award is a documented match achievement rather than a broad claim that he was India's only decisive player. Kuldeep Yadav and the rest of the attack contributed to the result. Axar's value was the timing of the breakthroughs and the control he maintained. ICC later selected him in the tournament team after he finished with nine wickets and contributed useful runs.

Axar Patel's 47 in the 2024 final

India lost early wickets against South Africa in the 2024 T20 World Cup final before promoting Axar. He scored 47 and shared an important partnership with Virat Kohli, helping India recover to a defendable total. ICC's post-final coverage recorded how his earlier IPL experience helped him handle the unfamiliar powerplay role.

The innings is part of a complete all-round tournament: ICC's team-of-the-tournament announcement credited him with 92 runs at a strike rate of 139.39 and nine wickets at an economy rate of 7.86. India won the final and ended a long wait for an ICC men's title. The profile preserves the innings, tournament totals and title separately.

Champions Trophy 2025 and leadership role

BCCI records Axar as part of India's victorious 2025 Champions Trophy campaign. During the same period, his consistent all-format contribution earned him the role of India T20I vice-captain. A vice-captaincy is a current selection decision, not a permanent career title, so it is dated and should be updated when the board changes the leadership group.

The sequence from 2024 champion to 2025 champion strengthened his reputation for major tournaments. It should still be described through actual performances and squad results rather than vague labels such as serial winner. The profile lists the competitions India won and leaves out any title for which his squad membership or playing contribution is not documented.

India's 2026 T20 World Cup title

India successfully defended the men's T20 World Cup in 2026. BCCI's current Axar profile states that he took three wickets in the final against New Zealand and helped India become the first nation to defend the title successfully. The performance added another global final to the 2024 batting and bowling record.

The BCCI snapshot after the tournament lists 101 T20I matches, 750 runs and 101 wickets. Those totals are newer than the Wikipedia infobox, which showed 91 matches and 93 wickets at its February 2026 date. StumpScope retains the API table the user requested but explicitly gives the newer official record priority in the article.

Axar Patel IPL career and hat-trick

Axar debuted in the IPL in 2014 and built a long career across Punjab and Delhi. The official 2026 IPL profile lists 176 matches, 2,089 runs and 139 wickets. It also records his 2016 hat-trick for Kings XI Punjab against Gujarat Lions, when he finished with 4 for 21 and claimed the first hat-trick of that season.

IPL batting and bowling totals are separate from international T20Is even though both use twenty-over rules. Franchise competitions have different team contexts and official ledgers. The profile therefore does not add 139 IPL wickets to 101 T20I wickets as though they belonged to one competition. Readers can compare the records without losing their status.

Delhi Capitals captain in 2025 and 2026

Delhi appointed Axar captain for the 2025 season and retained him in the leadership role for 2026. The franchise's November 2025 retention announcement named him among 17 retained players, while the current IPL team page lists him as captain. Match reports from 2026 also record his toss decisions and bowling changes in specific fixtures.

Captaincy should be evaluated through confirmed matches rather than promotional language. One official example came against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, where Delhi won and Axar took 2 for 18 from three overs. Other results were mixed, and Delhi's overall finish belongs to the team record. His profile states the role and selected evidence without claiming that leadership alone determined every outcome.

Axar Patel IPL salary and retention value

The official IPL retained-squad documents show an Axar Patel deduction of ₹16.5 crore. That is the documented figure used for the 2025 retention and carried into the 2026 playing-squad ledger. It is more reliable than salary aggregators because it comes from the competition's own documentation and identifies the relevant franchise and season.

A retention deduction is not the same as audited personal wealth. Net worth would require assets, liabilities, taxes, investments, endorsements and private income that the reviewed cricket sources do not disclose. StumpScope therefore publishes ₹16.5 crore as a season-linked IPL value and does not turn it into a speculative lifetime fortune.

Axar Patel wife and family information

Axar married Meha Patel in Vadodara on 26 January 2023. The Indian Express reported the wedding and identified Meha as a dietitian and nutritionist. Later reporting recorded that the couple became parents. These limited public facts provide personal context without requiring the profile to reproduce social-media material or private family details.

The page does not use the marriage to generate gossip, dating timelines or unsupported claims about family wealth. Living-person information requires a clear public source and a reason to include it. The same boundary applies to photographs: no portrait is shown until an exact image has approved provenance and reuse rights, even if wedding or match images are widely visible online.

Statistics source hierarchy and updates

The visible multi-format cards are retrieved from the English Wikipedia API after the system verifies the article title and full name. That table was dated 26 February 2026. BCCI's official player page is newer and lists 74 ODIs, 101 T20Is, 80 ODI wickets and 101 T20I wickets, so those current totals lead the narrative and FAQs.

This is a deliberate hierarchy rather than an attempt to hide disagreement. Wikipedia remains useful for a structured historical table, but it is not a licensed live scoring feed. A refresh stores the retrieval time and table date, while a mismatched identity or failed request leaves the last confirmed snapshot unchanged. Official IPL documents separately govern Delhi captaincy, league totals and retention value.

The update process also checks format boundaries. A wicket taken for Delhi cannot increase Axar's T20I total, and a World Cup appearance cannot increase his IPL match count. Preserving those boundaries makes the profile auditable and prevents attractive but incorrect all-cricket totals. When a source changes, editors can identify exactly which card, season or achievement needs review without disturbing facts that remain fixed.