India all-rounder Axar Patel is set to achieve a major career milestone as he prepares to play his 100th T20I during the fourth match against England on Thursday. Earlier in the series, he also completed 100 wickets in the format, making the ongoing England tour one of the most memorable of his career.

Speaking in a video shared by bcci.tv, Axar admitted that reaching the 100-match mark was never something he had imagined when he made his T20I debut back in 2015.

Axar looked back on his journey and described it as a mix of highs and lows. After featuring only occasionally in the first few years of his international career, he became a regular member of India’s T20I side from 2021 onwards. During that period, he also played an important role in India’s T20 World Cup-winning campaigns in 2024 and 2026.

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The left-arm spinner said that while milestones are nice to achieve, he values the effort and improvement that go into reaching them more than the numbers themselves.

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Axar also spoke about how he has changed as a cricketer over the last 11 years. He believes experience has made him calmer and better equipped to deal with pressure compared to when he first broke into the Indian team.