Ahead of IPL 2026, former India cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara said DC skipper Axar Patel should not be too casual. "Axar is quite calm...He backs his players, but he should be careful not to be over-relaxed," he added. Pujara remarked that DC had let go of momentum in IPL 2025 and Axar shouldn't let that happen this season.