In the world of cricket, Jasprit Bumrah is known for his deadly yorker, accurate line-length and calm nature. However, outside the field, Bumrah also has a hobby about which very few people know. Recently, Indian all-rounder Akshar Patel revealed that Bumrah is an expert not only in bowling but also in the world of perfumes.

Jasprit Bumrah’s hobby

This interesting revelation was made by Akshar Patel during a conversation on ‘2 Sloggers’ YouTube channel. Akshar laughingly told that Bumrah does not choose perfume only on the basis of fragrance, but also pays attention to the oil percentage present in it and the composition of the perfume. Akshar jokingly said that other players just apply perfume on their hands and smell it and if the fragrance is too strong then they use it, but Bumrah has gone quite “deep” in this matter.

Story of perfume collection and dressing room

A funny meme was also shared during the show, in which Akshar Patel tells Arshdeep Singh how he got the perfume from Bumrah after winning a bet. On this, Akshar narrated the whole story and said that during the Delhi Test against West Indies, Bumrah had promised Mohammad Siraj that he would give him a special perfume.

According to Akshar, during that time, a player of the West Indies team praised Bumrah’s perfume and Siraj jokingly gave him the same perfume. After this, Akshar also joined the “flow” of the conversation and Bumrah then promised to give him that perfume too.

Business after retirement?

When the host of the show asked if this was Bumrah’s business plan after retirement, Akshar laughed. He jokingly said that if Bumrah starts a perfume brand in future, he will also make him a partner. This incident shows that Jasprit Bumrah is equally a perfectionist in his hobbies as well as bowling.

Jasprit Bumrah Perfume Collection: On the cricket field, India’s experienced bowler Jasprit Bumrah is famous for throwing his balls with pin point accuracy. His accuracy is visible in every format of the game. Fans think that Bumrah is crazy about cricket, but now it has come to light that he is in love with one more thing like cricket. His fellow player and Team India’s T20 vice-captain Akshar Patel has revealed about this. Patel has told in a YouTube video that Bumrah has an amazing passion for perfume. Talking about him, he has told that Bumrah has a very good collection of perfumes.

Bumrah buys perfume after doing complete research.

Akshar Patel has talked about Bumrah’s perfume collection in a conversation with YouTube channel 2 Sloggers. Akshar has told how Bumrah has invested extensively in creating a collection of fragrance bottles. Bumrah is so crazy about perfume that he does not buy it just by smelling it, but does complete research on every bottle before buying it. Akshar told that while all the players of Team India buy perfume just by smelling it, Bumrah first checks what percentage of oil is in it and how much perfume is present in each bottle.

Can Bumrah make a business in this after retirement?

In the video, a YouTuber jokingly said that this is not Jasprit Bumrah’s plan after retirement? On this, Akshar reacted laughingly and said, ‘Jassi Bhai, take a look, make a partnership.’ Akshar has also revealed many other personal things about Jasprit Bumrah during the video, in which a lot of information is available about Bumrah’s off-the-field life.

The Indian cricket team will enter the T20 World Cup 2026 under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. However, since his selection, the discussion has intensified that this tournament could also be his last as captain. Considering Suryakumar’s age, recent form and future planning of BCCI, the question is natural that if Suryya leaves the captaincy, then who will be the next T20 captain.

Suryakumar Yadav’s captaincy record strong

After Rohit Sharma’s retirement from T20 cricket, BCCI handed over the responsibility of captaincy to Suryakumar Yadav. He was given preference over Pandya. Surya’s record as captain has been impressive. Under his captaincy, India has not lost any T20 series till now. India has registered 28 wins in 39 T20 International matches, while facing defeat in only 6 matches. However, there was definitely a lack of consistency in his batting performance in 2025, which is a matter of concern for the selectors. If his performance does not improve even till the T20 World Cup 2026, then questions may be raised on his captaincy. In the current situation, three players appear to be at the forefront of this race.

Shubhman Gill

Even though Shubman Gill may not have got a place in the current T20 team due to poor form, his name is considered to be at the forefront in the race for captaincy. BCCI is thinking that in future, only one captain should be kept in all three formats. Gill is already commanding the Test and ODI teams. In such a situation, handing over the responsibility of the T20 team to Suryakumar could be a natural step. Considering his age and future, the selectors consider Gill as a long term option.

Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer is a strong contender in the matter of captaincy. His leadership has been highly praised after leading KKR to the title in IPL 2024 and taking Punjab Kings to the final in IPL 2025. Leadership quality is clearly visible in Shreyas and his performance under captaincy further improves. In IPL 2025, 604 runs were scored with his bat. His average was more than 50 and his strike rate was also 175 plus. If he continues to perform well after getting opportunities in T20 Internationals, it will be difficult for the selectors to ignore him.

Akshar Patel

Axar Patel has recently been made the vice-captain of the T20 team, which shows his growing stature. He is a senior player in the dressing room and has won big tournaments. The experience of captaincy in IPL also goes in his favor. If the selectors want a calm and balanced captain, Akshar can also be a strong option.

Axar Patel Ruled Out Of T20I Series Against South Africa: The third match of the ongoing 5-match T20 series between India and South Africa was played on Sunday, December 14, 2025, at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala. In this match, Team India made a brilliant comeback by winning the third T20 International match and took a 2-1 lead in the series. The next match of the series is to be played on Wednesday i.e. 17th December at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, before which the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gave an update.

Actually, star all-rounder Akshar Patel is out of the series. Akshar was not available for selection in the playing eleven even in Dharamshala. In the update released by BCCI, it was said that due to ill health, he has been ruled out of the remaining two matches of the series. However, he is with the team in Lucknow, where his further medical checkup will be done.

Shahbaz Ahmed got a chance in Team India

Bengal all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed has been included in Team India in place of Akshar Patel. Before this, Shahbaz has played three ODIs and two T20 Internationals for India, but his last match in blue jersey was against Afghanistan in Hangzhou during the Asian Games in September 2023. He has dismissed two batsmen so far in the T20 format for the Indian team. At the same time, he has not got a chance to bat yet.

No update on Jasprit Bumrah

BCCI has not yet given any update on star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah was not available for team selection in Dharamshala. Because due to personal reasons he had returned to his home. There has been no official update yet regarding his joining the team. At the same time, in the absence of Bumrah, Harshit Rana played the third T20 International.

Indian team for the last two matches against South Africa:

Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubhman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed.

Axar Patel has been dropped from the last 2 matches of India vs South Africa T20 series. Earlier, the third T20 was played in Dharamshala on 14 December, in that too Axar Patel was not a part of the playing eleven. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that Patel has been ruled out of the remaining matches of the series due to illness.

Updated squad of Indian team: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed.

NEWS #TeamIndia allrounder, Axar Patel has been ruled out of the remaining two @IDFCFIRSTBank T20Is against South Africa due to illness.

Details | #INDvSA , @akshar2026 https://t.co/CZja7iaLNm

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 15, 2025

Akshar Patel is out

BCCI has issued an official statement saying that Axar Patel is being dropped from the fourth and fifth T20 against South Africa. This decision has been taken due to Patel being ill. Shahbaz Ahmed has been included in Team India as a replacement for Akshar Patel for the fourth and fifth T20 matches.

The fourth T20 match between India and South Africa will be played in Lucknow on 17 December. The fifth and final match of the series will be played on December 19 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After completion of three matches, the Indian team is leading 2-1 in the series.

Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah had returned home due to personal reasons, hence he did not play the third match in Dharamshala. The good news for Team India is that Bumrah has been included in the Team India squad for the last 2 matches.

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India has lost the second T20 match by 51 runs. Tilak Verma’s inning of 62 runs could not help Team India. South Africa had scored 213 runs while playing first, but in reply the Indian team was limited to 162 runs. The list of Indian players who failed in this match was very long, among which Shubman Gill is also one. Even after winning the toss, the Indian team lost badly due to wrong decisions. Know here what were the 5 major reasons for Team India’s defeat in Mullanpur?

1. Unnecessary reshuffle in the batting order

India lost the wickets of Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill in the first two overs. Akshar Patel was sent at the third position, who did not live up to the expectations of being sent in the powerplay. If captain Suryakumar Yadav had come to his regular third position, perhaps his swashbuckling innings of 30-40 runs could have turned the match towards India. Akshar came at number-3, due to which the order of all the batsmen including Tilak Verma changed. Shivam Dubey, who played the role of finisher, came to bat at eighth position. Where the batsman who is not used to playing, was forced to bat at second order.

2. Poor form of captain and vice-captain

The poor form of Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav and vice-captain Shubman Gill continues. Gill was out without opening the account, while Suryakumar Yadav scored 5 runs. This year, Gill has not scored a single T20 fifty, whereas Surya’s T20 average this year is 14.4. Gill and Suryakumar’s lack of responsibility was also one of the main reasons for Team India’s defeat.

3. Slow innings of Hardik Pandya

When Hardik Pandya came to bat, India’s score was 67/4 in 7.3 overs. At that time India had to score 147 runs in 12.3 overs. If any batsman came at such a time, the team would expect fast batting from him and the demand of that time was also similar. But Hardik played very slowly at that time. He scored 20 runs in 23 balls, which proved very costly for the Indian team.

4. 99 runs of Bumrah-Arshdeep

The foundation of the Indian team’s defeat was written in the first innings itself. The two main fast bowlers of the T20 team, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh, proved to be flops badly. Together they gave away 99 runs. Bumrah gave away 45 runs in 4 overs, while Arshdeep gave away 54 runs in his overs.

5. Akshar Patel’s innings proved costly

Akshar Patel came to bat in the third over itself. Coming into the powerplay, where he should have batted fast, he was able to score only 13 runs in 17 balls till the sixth over of the innings. Akshar could not increase the pace of this slow innings. Due to his innings of 21 runs in 21 balls, the pressure on the lower order batsmen also increased.

South Africa has defeated India by 51 runs in the second T20 match. With this, South Africa is tied at one point in the five-match T20 series. In this match, South Africa, batting first, had scored 213 runs, in response, Team India could score only 162 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Tilak Verma played an inning of 62 runs, but could not ensure the victory of the Indian team.

Team India, which came to chase the target of 214 runs, did not have a good start at all, as Shubman Gill became the victim of a golden duck. The poor form of captain Suryakumar Yadav continues, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. Abhishek Sharma was dismissed by Marco Jansen by throwing a tremendous ball, which Abhishek could not understand. 17 runs came off Abhishek’s bat.

What would Tilak Verma do alone?

What would Tilak Verma do alone? Wickets kept falling from one end, but Tilak Verma stood like a wall in front of the South African bowlers. He played an inning of 62 runs in 34 balls. Tilak remained in the field till the last over. Hardik Pandya scored 20 runs and Jitesh Sharma scored 27 runs.

Big mistake from coach Gambhir

Only the top order is confirmed, the order of the rest of the batsmen is not confirmed. This policy of coach Gautam Gambhir seems to be overshadowing Team India’s World Cup plans. Number 3 in the T20 team was till now revolving around Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma. But in the second T20, Axar Patel was sent to the third position. Patel scored 21 runs in 21 balls at a time when Team India needed to bat in a stormy manner. As a result, the required run rate for the Indian team kept increasing.

Shivam Dubey, who plays the role of finisher in the team, is adept at hitting big sixes by batting at the fifth and sixth positions. But Akshar Patel was sent up, due to which the order of the entire batting line-up seemed disturbed. A batsman like Shivam Dubey came at number, who was out after scoring only 1 run.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the Indian squad for the ODI series with South Africa starting from December 30. KL Rahul will be the captain of the team. Regular ODI team captain Shubman Gill and vice-captain Shreyas Iyer will not be part of this series due to injury. Apart from them, there are 5 players who have not got a chance in the upcoming ODI series (India Squad for South Africa ODI Series 2025).

Mohammed Shami

Mohammed Shami’s name has been in the news for the last several months, who has been dropped in series after series. Shami has not played for Team India after Champions Trophy 2025. Meanwhile, there is a lot of uproar over Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar’s fitness statement. Shami will be seen playing for Bengal in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament starting from 26th November, but he has once again been disappointed in the context of Team India.

Varun Chakraborty

Varun Chakraborty has said that his bowling action is probably not good for the Test format. But seeing his performance in T20 matches, it is not wrong to expect that the selectors will give him a chance in the ODI team as well. He has taken 43 wickets in 23 matches after returning to the T20 team in 2024, but after the Champions Trophy, he too has not got a chance to come back to the ODI team.

Akshar Patel

Akshar Patel was part of the ODI squad against Australia and played all three matches. Batting in 2 innings of these three matches, he scored 75 runs and took a total of 3 wickets in the series. His sudden drop is really a shocking decision. However, Akshar remains a regular part of the T20 team.

hardik pandya

Hardik Pandya was injured in the Asia Cup 2025, after which he did not even play in the series against Australia. Actually, to return to Team India, he will have to prove his fitness in domestic cricket. He has got a place in Baroda’s squad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. It is possible that after this domestic tournament, he can play in the T20 series against South Africa, which will start from December 9.

sanju samson

Sanju Samson’s changing batting order in T20 matches is raising questions about his place in the T20 World Cup 2026 team. On the other hand, he has not returned to the ODI team after December 2023.

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Indian Bowlers Who Failed To Take 5 Wicket Haul In ODI Cricket: Taking a five-wicket haul in ODI cricket is a great achievement for any bowler. However, there are some Indian bowlers who have performed well in their career, but they have never been able to achieve a five-wicket haul in ODIs. Two of them have also been world champions. Here we are going to tell you who are the 5 Indian bowlers who could not take 5 wicket haul in ODI cricket?

5 bowlers who could not take 5 wickets in ODI

1. Akshar Patel

Team India’s star all-rounder Akshar Patel made his debut in ODI cricket in 2014. At present Akshar is one of the most regular players of the team. Till now, Akshar has 75 wickets in his name in 71 ODI matches, in which his economy is only 4.49. Whereas Akshar’s best performance is of taking 3 wickets for 24 runs.

2. Roger Binny

Roger Binny had made an important contribution with his bowling in the Indian team becoming world champion in 1983. Roger had performed brilliantly throughout the World Cup. He played a total of 8 matches in the tournament, in which he took the maximum of 18 wickets. Binny’s best performance in ODI cricket is 4 wickets for 29 runs, which came in the 1983 World Cup.

3. Ishant Sharma

Former fast bowler Ishant Sharma was the main bowler of Team India for a long time in ODI cricket. Ishant took 115 wickets in a total of 80 matches in his ODI career. Ishant’s best performance in ODI cricket is 4 wickets for 34 runs. Ishant played his last ODI match in 2016.

4. Umesh Yadav

Fast bowler Umesh Yadav is currently out of Team India but has not yet retired from international cricket. He played his last ODI match in 2018. Between 2010 and 2018, Umesh was a part of the team in 75 ODI matches, in which he was successful in taking 106 wickets. His best performance is of taking 4 wickets for 31 runs.

5. Ravichandran Ashwin

Former Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 5 wickets 37 times in Test cricket. Whereas in ODI cricket, Ashwin was not able to take 5 wickets in a match even once. He played 116 ODI matches for India between 2010 and 2023, in which Ashwin took 156 wickets. His best performance in ODI was taking 4 wickets for 25 runs.

Team India’s star all-rounder Akshar Patel is in the news these days not only on the field but also for his personal life. The house warming ceremony of his new and grand house ‘Hakkash Villa’ in Nadiad, Gujarat was completed with full rituals. Akshar and his wife Meha Patel have named this villa after their son ‘Hakkash’, who was born on 19 December 2024.

Vaastu puja and family celebration

On the occasion of housewarming, Akshar and Meha performed traditional Vaastu puja. Meha Patel had shared many pictures on her social media, in which the beautiful interior of the house and the puja moments were visible. Akshar was seen in traditional kurta-pajama, while Meha graced the puja wearing a saree.

This villa located in Nadiad is a wonderful blend of modern architecture and cultural touch. Large windows, open courtyard, and minimalist interior make it very attractive.

Special guests arrived from the cricket world

Many big names from the cricket world attended the housewarming ceremony. Delhi Capitals head coach Hemang Badani and Director of Cricket Venugopal Rao were also present on this special occasion. Akshar Patel has recently been made the new captain of Delhi Capitals for IPL 2025. The team was just one step away from the playoffs last season.

The shine of the alphabet remains intact even on the field

Akshar Patel had recently performed brilliantly in India’s T20I tour played in Australia. He took 2 wickets in two matches and scored a total of 45 runs in three innings. In the fourth T20, he played a quick inning of 21 unbeaten runs (11 balls) and also became the player of the match by taking 2 wickets. India won this series 2-1.

Childhood cricket memories, ‘This was my real home ground’

Akshar recalled his childhood cricket days on a YouTube channel. He told that the compound of his old house was his first ground. He said. “If the ball went outside the compound, it was out. One pitch was caught out. There were no boundaries. All shots had to be played on the ground. Maybe that’s why my straight drive is the strongest today.”