How to make the Y axis line visible when using two axes one for displaying image and the other for plotting?

I am using two axes as follows:

handles.axes2=axes('Units','pixels','Position',[58,311,665,191],'ycolor',[.4 .4 .4],'xcolor',[.4 .4 .4],'Color',[ 0.97647 0.89412 0.93333]);

axes('Units','pixels','Position',[60,537,175,22]);
[im, map, alpha] = imread('timer3.png');
f = imshow(im);
set(f, 'AlphaData', alpha);
axis off
axis image

PROBLEM:

The Y axis line (not the Y ticks) becomes invisible in the handles.axes2 plot. I have tried everything including reordering the visual stacking but I got nowhere. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks .