How a tragedy changed Axar Patel’s approach to cricket

Brut India

Axar Patel said he was always passionate about cricket but his grandmother’s death made him take the game more seriously and strengthened his resolve to make it to the Indian squad.

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00:00When I used to go to play these matches, my grandmother used to ask me this question whenever I used to go.

00:05She used to ask me, will you come on TV?

00:07My grandmother had a heart attack.

00:09I couldn't go to her funeral.

00:11I told my dad, Manohla, if I play for one match, I will play for one match.

00:16But I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:19That was my promise.

00:30I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:31I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:32I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:33I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:34I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:35I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:36I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:37I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:38I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:39I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:40I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:41I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:42I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:43I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:44I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

00:45I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

01:00I will play for India in the blue T-shirt.

01:08There must have been a time when a person's focus changes, right?

01:11My grandmother was my focus.

01:15I was very fond of my grandmother.

01:18I was the youngest.

01:20At home, she loved me the most.

01:23If I had to give her any work,

01:25my sister and cousin, who was the eldest,

01:28they used to say,

01:29you don't have to give her anything.

01:31Just keep her with you.

01:33Do this, do that.

01:34He is so young now.

01:35How much work will he do?

01:37When I used to go to play all these matches,

01:40my grandmother used to ask me whenever I went,

01:44will you come on TV?

01:46Dad used to make me understand.

01:48Anyway, this is India.

01:49In India, there is blue.

01:50She knows so much that the one in blue means India.

01:53Whenever she comes, she tells me to speak.

01:55Then I will see.

01:57So all this happened.

01:59After that, I was playing cricket.

02:02I played under-16 too.

02:03I played state too.

02:05I used to play for fun.

02:08You didn't think much.

02:10I didn't think much.

02:11I was playing.

02:12There was a match between Kheda and Gandhinagar.

02:15I went to Gandhinagar.

02:17In the meantime,

02:19my grandmother had a heart attack.

02:24I couldn't go to her funeral.

02:27They didn't tell you also?

02:28Your family didn't tell you?

02:29My family didn't tell me.

02:30When I went there,

02:32my mom hugged me and cried.

02:35Until then, my dad didn't cry.

02:39My family told me that

02:42your dad is still quiet.

02:46He is not doing anything.

02:47But he didn't cry.

02:48He said, okay, I will talk.

02:50That's when he hugged me and cried.

02:53He cried for the first time.

02:54He told me,

02:57son, you have done all the mischief you want to do.

03:02But look,

03:03I have never asked you for anything.

03:07And I won't ask.

03:08But my mother's last wish was

03:12that she wants to see you on TV.

03:13Then at night,

03:15I was thinking alone.

03:17I have to be serious now.

03:19Because of cricket.

03:21That passion was cricket.

03:23But it turned into a serious focus.

03:25Then the next day,

03:26I told my dad.

03:27I said,

03:30I will play for India in a blue T-shirt

03:32for one match.

03:36That was my promise.

03:39But I saw my dad crying twice.

03:42The first time,

03:43he hugged me and cried.

03:45And the second time,

03:46my name came up in India.

03:47I said,

03:48I said,

03:49I will come on TV at least once.

03:51Wow.

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