Harshal Patel: I knew I could play at highest level

Harshal Patel during the second T20I v NZ on Friday. Pic/PTI

India seamer Harshal Patel, who impressed on his international debut, feels the secret behind his success was all about realising his limitations and actualising his true potential. Harshal made his international debut late, just four days shy of his 31st birthday.

But the Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer picked up from where he left in his record-breaking IPL 2021 season and returned with impressive figures of 2-25 in the second T20I against New Zealand, which India won by seven wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

"I knew that I could play at the highest level. I could do well at the highest level with the ball and with the bat as well," Harshal said in the post-match virtual media conference here. "I was driven constantly to get better and actualise that potential. I never at any moment felt that the dream is sort of running away from me."

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