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Xtra Time Web Desk: Team India left arm spinner Axar Patel on Sunday described his success in test so far as a ‘dream’ and aim to improve further. The lanky spinner has come out of the shadow of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. He has already picked 36 wickets in his fifth test so far.

Asked how he would sum up the year which started with 27 wickets in three Tests against England, Axar agreed that it has indeed been a dream.

“Actually, this has been my dream year you can say. The way I bowled in England series and now how the New Zealand series panned out, in between there was IPL so I can say that this has really been a good year for me personally,” Axar, who had scores of 52 and 41 not out in this Test, said after third day’s play.

“My endeavour is to keep improving and look at areas where I need to get better. All the hardwork that I have put in all these years have finally yielded results this year,” Axar added.

With the upcoming South Africa series, Axar knows that he might have to sit out and he is ready to bide his time.

“Team management discusses with us and they tell us whether we fit in team combination or not. Whatever is priority for team is done and we just tell ourselves that we should focus on our routines and how we can keep improving,” said Axar, showing that he was practical in his thought-process.