{"id":26899,"date":"2016-05-02T11:12:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T11:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899"},"modified":"2016-05-02T11:12:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T11:12:20","slug":"i-had-never-taken-a-hat-trick-in-my-career-before-so-it-feels-really-special-axar-patel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899","title":{"rendered":"I had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special: Axar Patel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AxarRajkot:<\/strong> Axar Patel took four wickets in five balls that helped Kings XI Punjab beat Gujarat Lions by 23 runs in IPL match at Rajkot on Sunday. Terming this to be an important victory for KXIP, Patel said his team needed a breakthrough and this win had uplifted the team’s morale.<\/p>\n

Speaking to www.iplt20.com, Patel said, “All of us felt that we needed just one win to get going. Now, there is confidence within the team. The bowlers are executing their plans and the batting group too is looking confident.” <\/p>\n

Terming it to be his best bowling performance, he said, “I was just trying to do what I did in IPL-7. I was focusing on bowling in the right areas as that is something that had worked for me earlier. I had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special that I got the milestone at this level. The fact that we won the game and my efforts have resulted in a win makes it even more special.”<\/p>\n

Axar Patel said getting Dwayne Smith’s wicket was very important as he had been in terrific form with Brendon McCullum. “I was worried that if he gets going, it would put us in trouble.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"AxarRajkot:<\/strong> Axar Patel took four wickets in five balls that helped Kings XI Punjab beat Gujarat Lions by 23 runs in IPL match at Rajkot on Sunday. Terming this to be an important victory for KXIP, Patel said his team needed a breakthrough and this win had uplifted the team’s morale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[14288,13338,4744,466,342,341],"class_list":["post-26899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-gujarat-lions","tag-axar-patel","tag-cricket-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-ipl","tag-kings-xi-punjab"],"yoast_head":"\nI had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special: Axar Patel - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special: Axar Patel - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rajkot: Axar Patel took four wickets in five balls that helped Kings XI Punjab beat Gujarat Lions by 23 runs in IPL match at Rajkot on Sunday. Terming this to be an important victory for KXIP, Patel said his team needed a breakthrough and this win had uplifted the team’s morale.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-02T11:12:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Axar-Patel.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"177\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"headline\":\"I had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special: Axar Patel\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-02T11:12:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899\"},\"wordCount\":235,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Axar-Patel.png\",\"keywords\":[\"\u2018GUJARAT LIONS\u2019\",\"Axar Patel\",\"Cricket News\",\"Indian Sports News\",\"IPL\",\"Kings XI Punjab\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cricket\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899\",\"name\":\"I had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special: Axar Patel - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Axar-Patel.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-02T11:12:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Axar-Patel.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Axar-Patel.png\",\"width\":250,\"height\":177,\"caption\":\"Axar Patel (Photo courtesy: Official page of Kings XI Punjab)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=26899#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special: Axar Patel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\",\"name\":\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special: Axar Patel - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special: Axar Patel - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","og_description":"Rajkot: Axar Patel took four wickets in five balls that helped Kings XI Punjab beat Gujarat Lions by 23 runs in IPL match at Rajkot on Sunday. Terming this to be an important victory for KXIP, Patel said his team needed a breakthrough and this win had uplifted the team’s morale.","og_url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899","og_site_name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","article_published_time":"2016-05-02T11:12:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":250,"height":177,"url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Axar-Patel.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"headline":"I had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special: Axar Patel","datePublished":"2016-05-02T11:12:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899"},"wordCount":235,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Axar-Patel.png","keywords":["\u2018GUJARAT LIONS\u2019","Axar Patel","Cricket News","Indian Sports News","IPL","Kings XI Punjab"],"articleSection":["Cricket"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899","name":"I had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special: Axar Patel - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Axar-Patel.png","datePublished":"2016-05-02T11:12:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Axar-Patel.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Axar-Patel.png","width":250,"height":177,"caption":"Axar Patel (Photo courtesy: Official page of Kings XI Punjab)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26899#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I had never taken a hat-trick in my career before, so it feels really special: Axar Patel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/","name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in"],"url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}